Geographic Focus: Lao PDR

Agribusiness

Author(s): ພະແນກກະສິກໍາ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ແຂວງຜົື້ງສາລີ, ຂະແໜງສົ່ງເສີມກະສິກໍາ ແລະ ສະຫະກອນ
ໝາກແໜູ່ງ ແມ່ນເຄືື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງຊະນິດໜື່ງທີື່ມີຄຸນຄູ່າ ແລະ ເປັນປະໂຫຍດຕ ໍ່ສັງຄົມມະນຸດເຮົາ ໂດຍໄດ້ນໍາໃຊ້ເຂົ້າ ໃນວົງການການແພດ ເພືື່ອປະກອບເປັນສູ່ວນປະສົມຂອງອາຫານ ແລະ ຢາສະໝຸນໄພເຂົື້າໃນການຮັກສາ ໂລກໄພ ໄຂ້ເຈັບ…
Author(s): Yupa Hanboonsong and Patrick B. Durst
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a rugged, mountainous, landlocked country, with relatively weak infrastructure. As such, the country faces numerous challenges in achieving…
Author(s): Charles M. Peters and Andrew Henderson
Rattans are spiny, climbing palms in the subfamily Calamoideae. There are over 550 different species of rattan belonging to 12 genera distributed  throughout the Old World tropics (Dransfield et al.…
Author(s): Aloun Phonvisay
Up till now a detailed survey of fish marketing in Nam Houm and Nam Souang Reservoirs is yet to be implemented. Few data and information on fish marketing have been collected. It is necessary to…

Agriculture production

Author(s): FAO
Why is Rai important in the Lao People's Democratic Republic? Successful experiences and stories from government officials
Author(s): FAO
Stories from young agri-entrepreneurs
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): NAFRI
The agricultural sector plays an important role in the development of the Lao PDR. In 2017, the growth rate of GDP was 6.9%. The growth rate of the agricultural sector increased by 2.9% contributing…
Author(s): ບສກຮ
ປະເພດການເປັນພິດຂອງອາຫານ ສາເຫດໃນການນຳໃຊ້ຢາປາບສັດຕູພືດຂອງຊາວກະສິກອນ ສານຕົກຄ້າງຈາກຢາປາບສັດຕູພືດ ການເຈືອປົນຂອງຢາປາບສັດຕູພືດໃນກະແສເລືອດ ການຫຼີກລ່ຽງ ແລະ ຫຼຸດຄວາມສ່ຽງຂອງຢາປາບສັດຕູພືດ
Author(s): ສວນພຶກສາຊາດຜາຕັດແກ້ ຫຼວງພະບາງ 2016
ຂັ້ນຕອນພື້ນຖານງ່າຍໆທີ່ຄວນຮູ້ກ່ຽວກັບພືດເຊັ່ນວ່າ: ວິທີການປູກ, ບົວລະບັດຮັກສາ ແລະ ສະພາບແວດລ້ອມແບບໃດທີ່ພວກມັນສາມາດຈະເລີນເຕີບໂຕໄດ້ ເພາະວ່າໃນທຳມະຊາດທຸກຢ່າງແມ່ນເຊື່ອມໂຍງກັນໝົດ.…

Brochures, Fact Sheets and Posters

Author(s): TABI
A Signifi cant potential for Lao honey exists if marketing, quality control and expansion of beekeeping can be achieved  
Author(s): TABI
ກ້ວຍທະນີ (ກ້ວຍນ້ຳ) ແມ່ນໝາກໄມ້ຊະນິດໜຶ່ງທີ່ມີການປູກຫຼາຍຢູ່ໃນທ້ອງຖິ່ນປະເທດລາວ ແຕ່ເໜືອເຖິງໃຕ້ ແລະ ນິຍົມບໍລິໂພກກັນຫຼາຍ, ເນື່ອງຈາກວ່າກ້ວຍທະນີ ເປັນໝາກກ້ວຍທີ່ບໍລິໂພກງ່າຍ ແລະ…
Author(s): TABI
The ABD Curricula has been approved by the Ministry of Education and has been successfully used and ready for expansion into other district schools.  It is met by enthusiasm by teachers, students and…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane
ເຫັດທຳມະຊາດແມ່ນ ຜະລິດຕະພັນເຄື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງຈາກທຳມະຊາດ ມີສັບພະຄຸນບຳລຸງສຸຂະພາບ, ເປັນຢາອາຍຸວັດທະນະ ແລະ ເປັນອາຫານມີໂພຊະການຈາກທຳມະຊາດທີ່ ປະຊາຊົນໃນທ້ອງຖິ່ນຫາກິນໄດ້ງ່າຍຕາມລະດູການ,  …
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane
ເຫັດທຳມະຊາດທີ່ກິນໄດ້ ແລະ ເປັນຢາຢູ່ພາກເໜືອຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ Wild edible and medicinal mushrooms in northern Lao PDR
Author(s):
ຈາກການສຳລວດຄວາມຫຼາກຫຼາຍຂອງຊະນິດປາ ຢູ່ 4 ສາຍນໍ້າຄື: ສາຍນໍ້າມັດ (ເມືອງຄຳ ແລະ ໜອງແຮດ), ສາຍນ້ຳຄາວ (ເມືອງຄຳ ແລະ ພູກູດ) ສາຍນ້ຳຄານ ແລະ ນ້ຳງື່ມ (ພູກູດ) ໃນແຂວງຊຽງຂວາງ ໃນຊ່ວງເດືອນກຸມພາ ປີ 2018. ຈາກການສຳລວດ ແລະ…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane
Fish Conservations Zones on rivers and streams in Luang Prabang province have been a successful strategy employed by local communities to ensure abundant and diverse fish populations.  FCZs lead to…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane
Introduction: To understand the scale of impacts of FCZs, TABI facilitated a PRA exercise in Ban Phieng Mon in Xiengkhouang Province on May 29, 2019 using a small group discussion. TABI began…
Author(s): Thongkhoun Sisaphaithong
ພະຍາດດີນທີເກີດຈາກເຊື້ອ bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum ທໍາລາຍ ພືດຈໍານວນຫຼາຍໂດຍສະເພາະພືດຕະກຸນ Solanaceae
Author(s): Thongkhoun Sisaphaithong
• ກຸ່ມ MoA ທີ່ເປັນທາງເລືອກເພື່ອປ້ອງກັນການສ້າງຄວາມຕ້ານທານ • ຮັບປະກັນວ່າການສິດພົ່ນແມ່ນທົ່ວເຖິງໂດຍສະເພາະລຸ່ມໃບ • ໃຊ້ອຸປະກອນປ້ອງກັນຕົວໃນເວລາພົ່ນຢາ • ຫຼັງການສິດພົນຕ້ອງລ້າງໃຫ້ສະອາດ
Author(s): Shuichiro Tagane, Phetlasy Souladeth, Ai Nagahama, Yoshihisa Suyama, Naohiro Ishii, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Tetsukazu Yahara.
Twenty-five plant taxa in 14 families are newly recorded for the flora of Laos. The genus Sarcopyramis (Melastomataceae) is new to the country. For each taxon, voucher specimens, the general…
Author(s): Thyraphon Vongthavone, Shuichiro Tagane, Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Phetlasy Souladeth
Twelve pteridophytes from six families are reported from the Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos, as new records to the flora of Laos. For each species, voucher specimens, photographs and additional…
Author(s): Praxaysombath, B., K. Utsugi, K. Phongsa, M. Nammanivong, V. Vannachak, K. Phommachan, T. Phommavong, V. Photthana, V. Duangthasy and S. Latsamy.
Laos is a part of Indo-Burma Biodiversity hotspot that is known as one of the Earth's 34 threatened biodiversity hotspots. The Mekong River Basin in Laos is topographically characterized in having a…
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): NAFRI
The agricultural sector plays an important role in the development of the Lao PDR. In 2017, the growth rate of GDP was 6.9%. The growth rate of the agricultural sector increased by 2.9% contributing…
Author(s): LIWG, VFI, LIFE, HELVETAS Laos and EU
This handbook has been developed to promote responsible agricultural investment for all investors who wish to invest in agriculture with responsibility towards the relevant policies and laws. To…
Author(s):
The Lao newt (Laotriton laoensis) is a recently described species currently known only from northern Laos. Little is known about the species, but it is threatened as a result of overharvesting. We…
Author(s): SOMPHOUTHONE PHIMMACHAK, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL, BRYAN L. STUART
The salamandrid genus Tylototriton is poorly known in Laos, with one described species and unverified reports of two others. We undertook new fieldwork and obtained samples of Tylototriton at six…
Author(s): Gunther Köhler, Joseph Vargas, Ni Lar Than, Tilman Schell, Axel Janke, Steffen U. Pauls, Panupong Thammachoti
We revise the frogs of the genus Phrynoglossus from Indochina based on data of external morphology, bioacoustics, and molecular genetics. The results of this integrative study provide evidence for…
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