Geographic Focus: Regional

Agroforestry

Author(s): FAO
Stories from young agri-entrepreneurs
Author(s): FAO
Why is Rai important in the Lao People's Democratic Republic? Successful experiences and stories from government officials
Author(s): ປອ. ສີມອນ ວົງຄໍາຮໍ່, ພ້ອມຄະນະ, ສູນຄົ້ນຄວ້າປ່າໄມ້ ສະຖາບັນຄົ້ນຄວ້າກະສິກໍາ, ປ່າໄມ້ແລະ ພັດທະນາຊົນນະບົດ
ເຄື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງ ແມ່ນໝາຍເຖິງທຸກພາກສ່ວນຂອງພືດ-ຕົ້ນໄມ້ທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນຕາມປ່າທໍາມະຊາດ ຫຼືດ້ວຍການປູກ; ປະກອບມີເຫງົ້າ, ລໍາຕົ້ນ, ເຄືອ, ຫົວ, ຮາກ, ຕາ, ໜໍ່, ໃບ, ດອກ, ໝາກ, ເມັດ ຫຼືແກ່ນ, ເປືອກ, ຢາງ, ນໍ້າມັນ, ເຫັດ,…
Author(s): GRET, MAF, WWF, SDC
This 3rd Provincial Strategy on Bamboo and NTFP has been developed in the framework of the “Bamboo and Rattan project” implemented by GRET with contribution by the BNDA between July 2017 and March…
Author(s): GRET, MAF, WWF, SDC
Lao PDR is endowed with biodiversity and rattan and bamboo species that have played an important role in generating income for the rural communities. It was estimated that rattan and bamboo can…
Author(s): ສວນພຶກສາຊາດຜາຕັດແກ້ ຫຼວງພະບາງ 2016
ຂັ້ນຕອນພື້ນຖານງ່າຍໆທີ່ຄວນຮູ້ກ່ຽວກັບພືດເຊັ່ນວ່າ: ວິທີການປູກ, ບົວລະບັດຮັກສາ ແລະ ສະພາບແວດລ້ອມແບບໃດທີ່ພວກມັນສາມາດຈະເລີນເຕີບໂຕໄດ້ ເພາະວ່າໃນທຳມະຊາດທຸກຢ່າງແມ່ນເຊື່ອມໂຍງກັນໝົດ.…
Author(s): Enhancing Nurtitioin Upland Farming Families (ENUFF)
ສະໜອງຫຍ້າອາຫານສັດໃຫ້ສັດໃຫຍ່ຂອງທ່ານໄດ້ກິນ ຈະຊ່ວຍປັບປຸງສຸຂຂະພາບຂອງສັດທີ່ດີ ແລະ ເຮັດໃຫ້ສັດໃຫຍ່ໄວ. ຖ້າທ່ານປ່ອຍສັດໄວ້ໃນສວນຫຍ້າ, ທ່ານບໍ່ຈຳເປັນຕ້ອງກັງວົນວ່າສັດຈະໄປທຳລາຍພືດຜົນຂອງຄົນອື່ນ. ສະດວກຕໍ່ການຕິດຕາມ…
Author(s): FAO
This Country Gender Assessment (CGA) was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in October 2017 as a way to gauge Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s…
Author(s): P-FALUPAM
This manual introduces participatory approaches in implementation P-FALUPAM at village cluster and village levels, which divide into five steps including office work and fieldwork. The first step is…
Author(s): Pha tad ke Botanical Garden
ສປປ ລາວ ເວົ້າລວມແລ້ວ ເປັນປະເທດທີ່ມີຊັບພະຍາກອນທໍາມະຊາດອຸດົມສົມບູນ ແລະ ຄຸນນະພາບສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມຍັງດີຢູ່ ທຽບໃສ່ປະເທດອ້ອມຂ້າງ ຊຶ່ງເປັນທ່າແຮງອັນສໍາ ຄັນໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດ-ສັງຄົມຂອງປະເທດ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ…

Special Reports

Author(s): tabi
Oranges contain an impressive diversity of essential nutrients including vitamins C, A and B-complex as well as minerals (Potassium and Calcium) essential for health and overall well-being The fruit…
Author(s): TABI
Benzoin Laos (Styrax tonkinensis), is known in Laos as the “Ton Yarn”.  It is a deciduous fast-growing tree that can reach 15–20 meters in height and a diameter of 30 cm or more found in upland…
Author(s): tabi
Bamboo is an important biodiversity resource and is often perceived as the most economically important NTFP of Lao PDR. It is imperative for the livelihoods of rural communities (cash income, food…
Author(s): TABI
Khao Kai Noi (KKN) is specific glutinous rice varieties produced exclusively in Xiengkhouang and Houaphanh Provinces.
Author(s): TABI
In Xiengkhouang province, the “wild honey” produced by the Apis Cerena bee species is natural wild honey that has traditionally been harvested from both the wild forest and by beekeepers in the…
Author(s): The World Band and Korea Green growth Trust Fund
The biodiversity endowment is crucial to the Lao economy, as the goods and ecosystem services it provides are essential to reduce poverty, secure livelihoods, and drive a greener economic growth…
Author(s): Pankaj KUMAR1, Stephan W. GALE, Henrik Æ. PEDERSEN, Thatsaphone PHAXAYSOMBATH, Somsanith BOUAMANIVONG and Gunter A. FISCHER
The following nine new additions to the orchid flora of Laos PDR are reported based on surveys in the country conducted during the period 2012–2017: Bulbophyllum alcicorne, B. meson, Coelogyne…
Author(s): Phetlasy Souladeth, Shuichiro Tagane, Meng Zhang, Norikazu Okabe, Tetsukazu Yahara
A new species of Acanthaceae, Strobilanthes namkadingensis Soulad. & Tagane from Nam Kading National Protected Area, Bolikhamxay Province, central Laos, is described and illustrated. It is…
Author(s): S.W. Gale & T. Phaxaysombath
A new species belonging to the terrestrial orchid genus Nervilia is described from Kasi District, Vientiane Province, northern Laos. Referable to the widespread and species-rich N. adolphi / punctata…
Author(s): L. V. Averyanov, Khang Sinh Nguyen, T. V. Maisak, E. L. Konstantinov, Tien Hiep Nguyen, Somchanh Bounphanmy
Herbarium material collected in 2013–2015 in Cambodia and Laos provides 298 new localities for 167 orchid species (from 57 genera). Almost all reported locations are new on the territory of studied…
Author(s): Somphouthone Phimmachak, Niane Sivongxay, Sengvilay Seateun, Siriporn Yodthong, Attapol Rujirawan, Thy Neang, Anchalee Aowphol, Bryan L Stuart
A new species of "fanged frog" in the genus Limnonectes resembling L. kohchangae (Smith, 1922) from southeastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia is described from upper elevations of the Bolaven…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane
ດອກເຜິ້ງເປັນພືດຕະກຸນໜື່ງຈັດເຂົ້າໃນກຸ່ມຂອງພືດໃບລ້ຽງດ່ຽວ, ແຕ່ດອກເຜິ້ງທັງ ໝົດແມ່ນຈັດຢູ່ໃນຕະກຸນເຜິ້ງ ທີ່ມີຊື່ວິທະຍາສາດວ່າ Orchidaceae, ລວມໃນນີ້  ມີເຖີງ 763 ສະກຸນ, ຈຳນວນ 28,000 ຊະນິດ. ນອກນັ້ນນັກພືດສວນ…
Author(s): ພະແນກກະສິກໍາ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ແຂວງຜົື້ງສາລີ, ຂະແໜງສົ່ງເສີມກະສິກໍາ ແລະ ສະຫະກອນ
ໝາກແໜູ່ງ ແມ່ນເຄືື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງຊະນິດໜື່ງທີື່ມີຄຸນຄູ່າ ແລະ ເປັນປະໂຫຍດຕ ໍ່ສັງຄົມມະນຸດເຮົາ ໂດຍໄດ້ນໍາໃຊ້ເຂົ້າ ໃນວົງການການແພດ ເພືື່ອປະກອບເປັນສູ່ວນປະສົມຂອງອາຫານ ແລະ ຢາສະໝຸນໄພເຂົື້າໃນການຮັກສາ ໂລກໄພ ໄຂ້ເຈັບ…
Author(s): ສີມອນ ວົງຄຳຮໍ່ ແລະ ພຸດທະວົງ ສີໂຄດ
ການຜະລິດກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ເປັນສິນຄ້າ ແມ່ນໜິ່ງແຜນງານບູລິສິດທີ່ສຳຄັນຂອງກະຊວງກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ ໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດຊົນນະບົດ ໃຫ້ຂະຫຍາຍຕົວຢ່າງໜັ້ງທ່ຽງ ແລະ  ປັບປຸງຄູນນະພາບຊີວິດ ຂອງປະຊາຊົນ…
Author(s): Phetlasy Souladeth, Shuichiro Tagane, Meng Zhang, Norikazu Okabe, Tetsukazu Yahara
A new species of Acanthaceae, Strobilanthes namkadingensis Soulad. & Tagane from Nam Kading National Protected Area, Bolikhamxay Province, central Laos, is described and illustrated. It is…
Author(s): S.W. Gale & T. Phaxaysombath
A new species belonging to the terrestrial orchid genus Nervilia is described from Kasi District, Vientiane Province, northern Laos. Referable to the widespread and species-rich N. adolphi / punctata…
Author(s): Lee, You Mi et al.
Hye-Yong Jin, Tai-Hyeon Ahn, Hai-Joo Lee, Jeong Hwa Song, Chung Hee Lee, Young Jae Kim, Jung Won Yoon, Ho Sang Kang, Hyo Cheng, Jeong Ho Park, Miin Bang, Boungthong Bouahom, Chanhsamone Phongoudome,…
Author(s): Maria s. Vorontsova, Lynn G. Clark, John Dransfield, Rafael Govaerts, William J. Baker
This book contains a global checklist of all known species of bamboos and rattans. It is an authoritative source of information on accepted species of bamboos and  rattans, the correct names that…
Author(s): L. V. Averyanov, Khang Sinh Nguyen, T. V. Maisak, E. L. Konstantinov, Tien Hiep Nguyen, Somchanh Bounphanmy
Herbarium material collected in 2013–2015 in Cambodia and Laos provides 298 new localities for 167 orchid species (from 57 genera). Almost all reported locations are new on the territory of studied…
Author(s): ສຸວັນທອງ ໄຊຍາລາດ
ໝາກ​ແໜ່ງ​ແມ່ນພືດເຄື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງຊະນິດ​ໜຶ່ງ​ ທີ່​ປະຊາຊົນຊາວແຂວງ ຜົ້ງສາລີ​ໄດ້ຮູ້ຈັກກັນມາເປັນເວລາຫຼາຍ​ກວ່າ 3 ທົດ​ສະ​ວັດ. ໄດ້ມີການປູກ ແລະ​ຄຸ້ມ​ຄອງນຳໃຊ້ຢ່າງກ້ວາງຂວາງ​ໃນ​ທົ່ວ​ແຂວງ ​ຊຶ່ງແຕ່ລະປີໄດ້ເກັບໝາກແໜ່ງ…
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