Our Team

Pha Khao Lao is a joint initiative of the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of Laos and the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern, Switzerland. Both institutions have been collaborating on the development of the PKL platform and are committed to continue their fruitful collaboration. NAFRI and CDE receives strategic and conceptual guidance from an advisory board composed of specialists in agrobiodiversity and related fields.

National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) Team

IT Technical and Trainer Center for Agriculture and Forestry Information and Communication
Head of ICT Unit, Vientiane, Laos

Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) Team

Web and database developer
Database manager
Social media content creator
Assistant project coordinator
Senior technical advisor

Advisory Board

The Pha Khao Lao advisory board is composed of experts in various fields and disciplines related to or relevant for agrobiodiversity. The advisory board provides strategic guidance and supports the project team in its mandate to avail high quality, up-to-date and relevant information to its intended beneficiaries. Current members of the advisory board are listed below.

Deputy Manager and Online Platform moderator for LaoFAB, LaoLaink, Lao44, Click Information for Development
Chief Technical Advisor - The Agrobiodiversity Initiative 2019-2020
Head, communications and knowledge management, ILRI
Rice Research Center
GRET Regional Coordinator
Living Aquatic Resources Research Center (LARReC)
Rural Development and Conservation Consultant at Ministry of Agriculture and Foresty
IUCN
Senior Researcher
National University of Laos, Faculty of Natural Science, Biology Department Assoc. Prof. Ph.D.