FAO in Lao People's Democratic Republic

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26 October 2017
Vientiane (Vientiane Times) - Agriculture experts along with development partners and line departments of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry met Tuesday in Vientiane to present a new pesticide management decree aimed at environmental and human health protection.The workshop for the new Prime Ministerial Decree on Pesticide Management (PDPM) was chaired...
03 October 2017
Vientiane (Vientiane Times) - Agriculture and health officials and experts from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and United Kingdom Embassy to Laos met in Vientiane on Tuesday to review the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and animal diseases in Laos. The project inception workshop aimed to engage the food and...
26 September 2017
Vientiane (Vientiane Times) - The government is preparing to formulate a National Seed Policy to ensure that farmers can obtain suitable and good quality seeds for the purposes of food security, nutrition, and overall improved living conditions. Government officials from the agriculture and forestry sector and other relevant sectors, as well as...
25 September 2017
Vientiane (Vientiane Times) - Lao government officials and development partners gathered in Vientiane on Friday to discuss the findings of research focused on experiences with nutrition-sensitive agriculture in the country. With the Lao PDR facing the major challenge of reducing malnutrition that affects around 35 percent of its population, nutrition-sensitive agriculture...
07 September 2017
Vientiane (Vientiane Times) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have launched a project to strengthen agro-climate monitoring and information systems in a bid to improve adaptation to climate change and food security. The project for Strengthening...