Agriculture and fishing

Laos expands farmland available for dry season crops

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry achieved its 2018 target by creating an additional 153,000 hectares of agricultural land that can be farmed in the dry season.This figure equals an 83 percent expansion of dry season farmland land.In a recent report, ...

News Desk

Vinamilk, Lao-Jagro partner in organic dairy farm and resort

XIENG KHUANG, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy company, has teamed up with Lao and Japanese businesses to build an organic dairy farm and resort in Xieng Khuang province.Construction of the project officially kicked off on the Xieng Khuang plateau last week. The groundbreaking ...

Times Reporters

Laos' APT Trading, Vietnamese cooperative ink deal on fruit farming for export

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Phaiboun Trading Import-Export Company Limited (APT Trading) and a Vietnamese cooperative, Hop Tac Xa Ngoc Lan, on Sunday signed an agreement on the Fruit-related Production and Consumption Project.The project will enable people living in the districts of Xiengkhor, Sobbao and Viengxay ...

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Northern Laos battles locust outbreak

VIENTIANE, May 23 (Xinhua) — Northern Lao province of Huaphan has been affected by yellow-spined bamboo locusts and local authorities are working hard to stop further destruction of vegetation.“We have found locusts in 143 sites that are spread across 63 villages and nine districts. Each ...

Yang Yi

Business shortcuts the cause of banana problems, Lao ministry says

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said yesterday that problems surrounding banana plantations in Laos were due to the fact that investors carried out negotiations directly with local communities instead of going through full legal channels.Deputy Minister Bounkhuang Khambounheuang told Vientiane Times that ...

Souknilundon Southivongnorath

Laos develops mobile app for livestock management

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Department of Livestock and Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has signed with Germany’s TE-FOOD International to develop a mobile application which will make the management of livestock farms more efficient and cost effective.The TE-FOOD International website describes ...

Ounkham Pimmata

Laos to provide weather forecast bulletins for farmers

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Farmers around the country will soon be receiving seasonal weather forecasts, which will be distributed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to district and provincial offices.The weather bulletins, which will be produced by the Division of Climatology and Agro-meteorology ...

Phomphong Laoin

Lao Government Vows to Enforce Ban on Concessions for New Banana Plantations

The government of Laos has vowed to enforce a ban on the granting of land for new banana plantations and punish local officials who violate it, amid a controversy over the illegal overuse of pesticides that residents say are causing pollution and destroying their livelihoods.Concerns ...

Sidney Khotpanya

Studies begin on biodiesel plants in Xaythany district

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has given approval for two local companies to conduct a feasibility study on the establishment of a processing plant to produce biodiesel from Vernicia montana seeds and vegetable oil, and a diesel and fuel refinery in Xaythany district, Vientiane.A ...

Phetsamone Chandala

Laos, South Korea strengthen ties in community development

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos is continuing its cooperation with South Korea in the expansion of the Saemaul Undong development project in five provinces.Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Lien Thikeo, recently told Korean media that the Saemaul Undong project will expand its operations in ...

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