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The State of Food and Agriculture 2022: Leveraging Automation in Agriculture for Transforming Agrifood Systems
Global
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
FAO
2022
This report dives deep into a reality of agriculture: the sector is undergoing profound technological change at an accelerating pace. New technologies, unimaginable just a few y...
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Digital Agriculture Profile Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
FAO, CIAT and The World Bank
2021
Digital technologies are slowly spreading in agriculture sectors globally. But their adoption is hampered by the digital divide which requires significant public investments, im...
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Bridging the gap: How to get climate services to farmers
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
2021
This booklet presents the methodologies used by the project “Strengthening Agro-climatic Monitoring and Information Systems (SAMIS) to improve adaptation to climate change and f...
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Pyrethroid Insecticide Exposure in School-Aged Children Living in Rice and Aquacultural Farming Regions of Thailand
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Rohitrattana, J., Siriwong W., Robson M., Panuwet P., Barr D.B., Fiedler N.
2014
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Drivers of deforestation? Facts to be considered regarding the impact of shifting cultivation in Asia
Asia
Issue and policy briefs
AIPP, IWGIA
This document examines issues surrounding shifting cultivation, including: -Key findings of research on shifting cultivation, underpinning the dire need to earnestly consider i...
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Factsheet: Agriculture in Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Embassy of the Netherlands in Hanoi and Consulate General in Ho...
2018
The importance of improving Vietnam´s agricultural system along all parts of the value chain is growing and becoming more visible. This is increasingly opening up the market for...
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Report on cultivation in Vietnam 2017
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Institute for Brand and Competitiveness Strategy and Vietnam...
2016
Cultivation is the main production sector of agricultural production. In Vietnam, cultivation sector contributes to 75% of the value of annual agricultural production (in a narr...
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Rice: The fabric of life in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Gorsuch, Joyce
2002
A report about the challenges and achievements of the rice sector in Laos. The report covers the challenge of establishing a reliable supply of rice in Laos, the challenges of f...
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Agrarian land-use transformation in northern Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Thongmanivong S, Phanvilay K, Fujita Y, Fox J, Faculty of...
2006
Farmers in northern Laos have been experiencing a rapid transformation from subsistence agricultural production to intensive cash crop cultivation over the last decade....
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Grassroots Capacity Building for REDD+ in Asia
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests
2013
The international debate on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests an...
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Mission report: Participatory monitoring & evaluation and on-farm research, IUARP LAOS
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Julian Gonsalves, ICRAF
2002
This report covers a mission conducted during the period May 4 to May 12, 2002 for the Integrated Upland Agricultural Research Project (IUARP), Luang Prabhang Province, Laos.
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Stable forest cover under increasing populations of swidden cultivators in central Laos: The roles of intrinsic culture and extrinsic wildlife trade
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Robichaud, W. G., A. R.E. Sinclair, N. Odarkor-Lanquaye, and B. Klinkenberg
2009
The purpose of this research is to attempt to quantitatively confirm or refute a qualitative impression of sustainability of swidden cultivation in Nakai-Nam Theun national prot...
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Rice contract farming in Lao PDR: Moving from subsistence to commercial agriculture
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Setboonsarng, S., Leung, P., Stefan, A., ADB institute
2008
Poverty is prevalent among small farms in transition economies such as the Lao PDR, where market failures prevail and subsistence production is the norm. Contract farming is eme...
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Community forest management in Lao PDR and India February 2010
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ຄະນະ ວິທະຍາສາດປ່າໄມ້
2010
Community forest management in Lao PDR and India February 2010
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Guidelines for the establishment of participatory aquatic resource management regulations
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
Guidelines for the establishment of participatory aquatic resource management regulations
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Study of farmer experiences and approaches with mechanised dry direct seeding in Savannakhet province 2016
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Case studies
Liz Clarke, Tamara Jackson, Khamlouang Keoka and Viengsavanh...
2016
In-depth case study of a series of households that began use of mechanized seeding, measuring impact on agricultural output.
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Agricultural change in Lao PDR: Pragmatism in the face of adversity
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Kim Alexander
2007
This thesis examines current agricultural systems in Xieng Ngeun District, in Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR and the economic and agrarian transition occurring at individual, c...
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Technical booklet 7 demonstrating agricultural land use practices in the uplands, September 2001
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
hongphath Leuangkhamma, Somsak Sysomvang and Peter Jones , Land...
2001
Agricultural Land Use Plans” are prepared with families who have been allocated parcels of agricultural land in the “village agricultural zone” with the aim of i...
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Plan of action for disaster risk reduction and management in Agriculture (2014―2016) 2014
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
FAO, Ministry of agricultural and Forest
2014
Based on the high commitment to promote the shift towards proactive disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM), MAF has initiated an interactive DRRM consultation process i...
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Collaborative Governance improves management effectiveness of Hin Nam No National protected area in central Lao PDR 2016
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Mirjam de Koning, John W.K. Parr, Sinnasone Sengchanthavong, and...
2016
According to IUCN’s instructions, the described ‘building blocks’ were formulated to try to follow a logical sequence and make parts of the ‘solution’ repl...