116 datasets found

It is commonly heard today that small farmers produce most of the world's food. But how many of us realise that they are doing this with less than a quarter of the world's...

Swiss delegation commentary on a variety of issues, including food security, land management, civil society funding, the Lao PDR Sam Sang policy, unexploded ordnance, etc.

This thesis aims to analyze the promotion of jatropha-based biofuel production in Laos in regard to policy narratives, the institutionalization of the private sector...

This report explores the relationships between land tenure security and food security in Laos, with comparison to other developing countries.

The present Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS) 2011 to 2020 is a long term frame-work for the development of the sector, which is not intended to provide...

This is the first country-wide food security study undertaken in the Lao PDR. Its purpose is to provide WFP and its partners with a good understanding of the nature and extent...

This is the first country-wide food security study undertaken in the Lao PDR. Its purpose is to provide WFP and its partners with a good understanding of the nature...

Production and dissemination of climate information services and advisories on cost-effective adaptation solutions for food and nutrition security at national and provincial levels

The Government has recognized that food security and nutrition are complex issues to tackle and cannot be addressed by any sector alone.Cross-sectoral collaboration is...

The concept of food security is complex and encompasses numerous dimensions across its four main pillars: availability, access, utilisation and vulnerability. As a result,...

The purpose of this report is to summaries what is already known about the relationships between agricultural commercialization, food security and nutrition in Lao PDR

The results are sensitive to the opportunity cost of the labor released as a result of terrace construction.The profitability of terrace construction increases rap-idly with the...

This summary report is based on the Lao PDR Food and Nutrition Security Survey (FNSS), conducted in 2015 by the Ministry of Health and the Lao Statistics Bureau of the Ministry...

With the aim of promoting national food security, the Vietnamese government enforces the designation of around 35 per cent of agricultural land strictly for paddy rice...

Project for Food Security and Livelihood Improvement through Sustainable Agriculture and Community based Natural Resource Management

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a rugged, mountainous, landlocked country, with relatively weak infrastructure. As such, the country faces numerous challenges...

This book reviews this research and is a resource for those working with lowland rice farmers in research, extension, and development. The book focuses on the rainfed lowland...

The water, energy and food (WEF) nexus means that the three sectors — water security, energy security and food security — are inextricably linked and that actions in one area...

Presentation to the sector working group on agriculture and rural development

Strategic Objectives and Commitments and Actions for World Food Security.