Agriculture and fishing

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Vientiane organic farmers group still needs more market opportunities to expand the business operations of its members so they can become sustainable.Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, in cooperation with the Vientiane Agriculture and Forestry Department, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Switzerland are continuing their cooperation in The Agro-biodiversity Initiative (TABI) to alleviate poverty and improve the livelihoods of upland communities through sustainable land management.TABI is a joint programme of the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Swiss ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is inspecting banana plantations across Laos and directing operators to produce their crops in line with sustainable agricultural practices.The number of investors and banana plantations around the country decreased after the government enforced a ban ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems project has ended, but there is a need for further development of target farmers’ groups.That was the message at the project’s final workshop held in Vientiane last week to assess achievements over four years, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The State Enterprise for Agriculture Service (SAS) has agreed to partner with the Wanma International Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd. of China to develop agricultural production in Laos for domestic consumption and export.The agreement was signed in Vientiane last week ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A Chinese company, Yunnan Haicheng Industrial Group Co., Ltd., is investigating the possibility of agricultural investment in Phongsaly province after already operating ventures in Bokeo, Luang Namtha, and Oudomxay provinces.Under the arrangements made with Phongsaly provincial authorities, the company will spend ...

Efficient farming practices in Khammuan province have seen many communities designated as ‘model agricultural villages’ because they have driven up the production of agricultural goods and increased the amount of produce sold to neighbouring provinces and regions.  The province’s agriculture officials said the establishment of model ...

A Chinese-backed firm is growing bananas on land promised by the government of Laos as compensation to survivors of a 2018 dam collapse that that has been described as the country’s worst flooding in decades, RFA’s Lao Service has learned.The disaster occurred last July, when ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government has agreed to work with an Australian company to conduct testing into the ability of the soil wetting agent “NSA Wilt Stop” to control fungal diseases in Lao banana plantations.The Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam will pursue their combined efforts to protect the diversity of agricultural crops through a new research project.This was the message from a member of the National Lao Academy of Social Science, Mrs Keophayvanh Duangsavanh, when she addressed ...