Agriculture and fishing

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Long known among citrus lovers for their delicious taste, Kasy and Vangvieng districts in Vientiane province plan to cash in on their popular organic oranges by developing a special brand to boost revenue for local growers.The plan by provincial authorities aims ...

Government officials and development partners met in Vientiane on Tuesday to review the Strengthening Agro-climatic Monitoring and Information Systems (SAMIS) project towards improving adaptation to climate change and food security in Laos.More ...

CHAMPASSAK, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – If you would like to sample authentic organic Lao tea, there may be no better place to go than Pakxong district in Champassak province.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has urged members of the Lao Coffee Association to strictly maintain the quality of local coffee production based on professional advice for organic farming standards.The PM’s advice was to uphold quality standards so growers can obtain a ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao sweetcorn products should attract more buyer interest in the regional market now that official standards and grading will be applied to the crop.The Ministry of Science and Technology announced that national standards would be introduced so that the crop’s quality ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has agreed to cooperate with Soils North Pty Ltd of Australia to launch field and laboratory trials to combat the fungal banana disease, Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in Laos.The technical cooperation ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Continuing bilateral cooperation and research is seeing the development of markedly improved crop seeds in Laos to meet quality demands in exports bound for China.More ...

Farmers from four provinces in Laos have learned about cattle rearing methods through the Lao Quality Beef Initiative (LQBI).The project team, in collaboration with district authorities, on Tuesday held a training session in Vientiane on small-holder cattle farming practices for farmers from Luang Prabang, Xayaboury, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Rice Research Centre under the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, has admitted the country’s rice export targets will not be met largely because farmers are not using good quality rice seed.Director of the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The price of rice dropped at the end of last year in Laos with farmers managing to supply enough rice even after their crops were hit by floods. The cost of polished sticky rice grades A and B in Vientiane dropped about ...