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Chemicals Dumped in River Kill Fish in Laos
Chemicals released into a river by a Chinese-owned banana farm near the Lao capital Vientiane killed over 300 kg of fish in November, prompting warnings by authorities to local ...
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Whats Behind Laos' China Banana Ban?
On April 12, Radio Free Asia cited local government sources as confirming that Lao government orders to shut down environmentally destructive Chinese-owned banana farms, first r...
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Atlas of agriculture in the Lao PDR: Patterns and trends between 1999 & 2011
This atlas of agriculture presents a comprehensive spatial analysis of the agricultural activities and production patterns in the Lao PDR in 2011, and the respective changes dur...
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Economic Change in Lao Agriculture: The Impact of Policy Reform
Since implementation of economic reforms in the Lao PDR, beginning about 1990, rice output has grown less rapidly than population but cash crop and livestock production has outg...
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Performance Review and Policy Options For Sustainable Irrigation Development In Lao PDR
Over the past two decades, irrigation has been a vital and integral part of agricultural and rural development programs throughout Lao PDR. Areas under irrigation have more than...
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Laos at a glance [Agriculture]
This briefing page informs about the situation of agricultural sector in Laos based in Agriculture Census 2010/11.
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Lao Government Appoints Committee to Enforce Timber Export Ban
This news article gives information on the ministerial ban of raw timber export of Lao PDR.
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Country Report: Lao PDR [Livestock and Fisheries]
This is a report on livestock and fisheries situation in Lao PDR from Livestock & Fisheries Products Quality Assurance Unit.
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Foreign Agricultural Investment Country Profile: Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
This is a profile of foreign agricultural investment in Lao PDR. The sheet gives general information regarding investment in general and the agricultural sector. It also explore...
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Fisheries Country Profile: Lao PDR
This page explains a profile on the fisheries sector in Lao PDR, updated in 2017.
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LAOS: Sustainability of Future Rice Production Growth and Food Security Uncertain
This page highlights information regarding the rice production growth and food security in Lao PDR.
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The potential for organic agriculture in Laos
Laos has a range of conditions which favor organic production for in-country consumption and export including: 1) the low external input systems presently used allows for easy...
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Organic agriculture in Laos PDR: Overview and development options
This report was prepared by Mr Vitoon Panyakul of Earth Net Foundation/Green Net (www.greennet.or.th). It is the outcome of a five day visit to Laos in late November 2008 and na...
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Development Strategy of the Crop Sector 2025 and Vision 2030 [Lao PDR]
Development Strategy of the Crop Sector 2025 is one of the strategic documents which include an analysis of crop production and development of the crop sector which has been car...
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Organic Opportunities in Lao PDR
This presentation slides explain the overview of organic agriculture opportunities in Lao PDR.
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Organic Agriculture in Lao PDR: Overview
This is a presentation about the Organic Agriculture in Lao PDR.
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Organic Farming in Lao PDR
About 83% of the population of the Lao PDR is rural and 66% depend on subsistence agriculture. Organic agriculture has good potential, both for local consumption and the export ...
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Unlocking the full potential of Lao PDR's tea sector
Tea in Laos is mainly grown and collected by smallholder farmers. It thus has a strong potential to contribute to poverty alleviation and rural development. Despite a relatively...
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Gallery- The China-built railway cutting through Laos
Standing at the bus station in Luang Namtha, the biggest town in northern Laos, travellers wanting to get south to the capital Vientiane face the prospect of a punishing 18-hour...
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Khai: A gift from the Ou River
A cascade of dams is changing the rivers ecology and threatening riverweed a traditional source of food in northern Laos