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Recent and on-coming events
This section provides information on recent and on-coming events in the field of Conservation Agriculture at both national and regional levels.
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Regional Workshop to create the Conservation Agricultur... Featured
The French Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - CIRAD and the Sector-based Programme in Agro ecology (PROSA) of the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry of Lao RDP will organise on Tuesday 29 & Wednesday 30 September 2009 in Vientiane, Laos, a regional workshop to create the Conservation Agriculture Network in South Asia - CANSEA. Research & Development institutions which conduct R&D programmes on CA in the South Esat Asia will be invited (Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Indonesia, Lao, Thailand, and Vietnam). Together they will be asked for officially create the network and to define its regional objectives, programme, work plan and agenda. More precisely the workshop will have to define the network structure (status, organisation, operationnal functioning), to appoint a Regional Coordinator, to identify R&D priorities based on both national & regional interest (each country will lead a regional theme for which he has a comparative advantage). CANSEA will be ...
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Workshop for integration of agroecology in agricultural... Featured
A national workshop was held in Vientiane (Lao PDR) on Monday 20 & Tuesday 21 July 2009 to dicuss how to integrate agro ecology in agricultural education programmes in Lao? The workshop was organised by the Sector based program in Agro ecology (PROSA), under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry (MAF) and the Ministry of Education (MoF). 39 participants were attending the workshop. They were representing the 4 Faculties of agriculture (Nabong, Luang Prabang, Savannakhet & Champassak) and 8 Colleges of agriculture (Vientiane (2), Luang Prabang, Phonsavan (2), Paksane, Savannakhet & Pakse).The workshop agreed about common definition of Agro ecology, Conservation Agriculture & Direct sowing on cover plants. Faculties agreed to strengthen the agro ecology teachning as a full and specific part of the education cursus. Colleges of agriculture agreed to develop and integrate Agro ecology and Conservation Agriculture in their curricula. A draft of these programmes was defined. Coordination struct ...
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Regional workshop, Phonsavanh, 28 - 31 October 2009 Featured
Eight countries (Vietnam, Yunnan Province of PR China, Cambodia, Thailand,Cameroon, Madagascar, France and Lao PDR) were involved in the regional workshop on Conservation Agriculture that was held in Phonsavan from 28th of October to 1st of November 2008. During the same time an agriculture fair and national exchanges days, involving representatives of farmer groups, educational sector, private entrepreneurs and DAFOs, were also organized. Presentations, article abstracts and results of the different working groups are available now. Read more: Leaflet abstract of the regional workshop on CA
Agriculture fair, Phonsavanh, 29 October - 1 November 2... Featured
An Agriculture Fair has been organized in Phonsavan from 29 October to 2 November. Several activities have been presented: 1. Animal raising, sale and exhibition Improved pig sty (breeders, foodstuff and pig sty, daily demonstration of pig sty building)Animal fair/sale: cattle, pig, goat and sheepAnimal contest/exhibition 2. Production means for agriculture Agriculture equipments (SCV, hand-tractor, thresher, pump…)Animal foodstuff and animal careSeeds: horticulture, rice, maize, legumes, forage…Fertilizers: mineral and organic 3. Agro biodiversity Local foods & dishesArt contest on AgrobiodiversityLocal products: rice, tea, fruits, coffee, NTFPs 4. Handicraft Local products: umbrella, craved wood, silk and weaving 5. Agro-industrial processing Food processing 6. Projects, Agriculture schools & universities, international institutions Place to display information on current activities and practical outputs 7. Cultural a ...
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