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Foreign investors from Asia, Europe, the middle east and the Americas have been traveling the globe in search of agricultural land and commodities to feed their populations and...

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 cropping systems experimented and disseminated by the PRONAE and PASS projects and the CADF are all gathered under the broad concept of Direct seeding Mulch-based Cropping...

This Decree outlines the location, roles and duties, scope of rights, organizational structure, principles and working patterns as a reference for the...

Guidance on logging management

The comparative and competitive advantages of investing in Laos, as outlined by the DDFI, are: Political, economic and financial stability; Abundant water resources, rich...

Since the best coffee land is already being farmed by the smallholders, some of the land allocated to the companies by the government is invariably already under cultivation.

Definition of "farm" and upland agriculture area

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Decision on the Right to Use Traditional Forest Resources

The impacts of project introduced agriculture and livestock development activities become visible in terms of increasing in paddy areas, decreasing in shifting rice cultivation...

There were serious outbreaks in the uplands in the wet seasons of 2008 and 2009 that led to un-bearable conditions for rural families (World Food Programme, 2009). Houaphanh...

2016 accomplishments: Review of International Treaties and biodiversity and PDR’ Commitments and Opportunities (June). Presentation and Discussion of “Use in PDR Opportunities...

Demonstrate on farm cultivation in southern districts of Phongsaly province to improve productivity of cardamom cultivation (different sites, shading, establishment, density,...

Rubber development in Ban Hat Nyao was a complex process involving community, government and market actors. Rubber has complicated land management, increasing...

finding: Commercial agriculture have mixed results. Most of the commodities produced are for regional markets. The traditional distinction between “uplands” and “lowlands” is no...

Smallholder-based production with low productivity; minimal farmer experience with modern agriculture technologies and marketing, Post-harvest loss still high and lack of...

agriculture is encroaching rapidly on tropical mountain due to demographic and economic pressure that accelerate deforestation. such disruption cause soil loss along catchment...

The single most important market NTFP in the upland villages is palm fruit whose income is in many villages higher than all agricultural products combined. 800 to1000 tons of...

It is a long way from improving the agriculture and forestry education to measurable improvements at the level of family farms. Moreover, attributing outcomes and impacts to...

This statement implies the need for shared, sustainable economic growth, and improvement in living standards. To achieve such development, significant structural change in...