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Land grabs and labour: Vietnamese workers on rubber plantations in southern Laos
Since the early 2000s the Lao government has dramatically increased the number of large-scale land concessions issued for agribusinesses. While studies have documented the socia...
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The Beautiful Rivers—And the Dammed
This is a news feature on energy trends in the world. It shows the potential of other energy sources other than hydropowers that usually comes with the risks of undesired disast...
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Xekaman 3 hydroelectric plant in Laos: a very major landslide in December
This article features a potential disaster, a land slide, after the construction of Xekaman 3 hydroelectric plant in Laos.
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Lao PDR to improve electricity network with World Bank support
This press release provides information about the the Power Grid Improvement Project Lao PDR, which aims to improve the efficiency and reliability of the country’s electricity d...
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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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Law on Food, 2004 [Lao PDR]
This law delineates the administration and inspection of activities relating to food in order to control the quality, standard, and safety of food; ensure consumer nutrition and...
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Decree on Pesticide Management [Lao PDR]
This Decree, consisting of 73 articles divided into eleven Sections, defines the principles, regulations and measures regarding the use of pesticides, management and monitoring ...
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Law on Agriculture, 1998 [Lao PDR]
The Law on Agriculture has the function of determining principles, rules, and measures regarding the organisation and activities of agricultural production which is the basis of...
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Law on Livestock Production and Veterinary Matters, 2016 [Lao PDR]
This law defines the principles, rules and regulations related to the organization, management and inspection of livestock production and veterinary activities in order to boost...
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Decision on industrial and commercial activities that required additional permission in the Lao PDR
This ministerial decision defines the new list entrepreneurial sectors requiring extra permits for business activities under the laws and regulations.