Wild Foods and Nutrition: Iron
Wild plants like moringa, water spinach, bamboo shoots, and wild mushrooms, as well as animals like snails, crickets, and small fish, provide iron that helps keep your blood and body healthy. In the next pages, you will find a selection of wild food species and a few recipes showing how you can prepare them.
Wild Foods and Nutrition: Vitamin A
Wild food species also provide vitamin A. Wild plants like yanang, climbing wattle, balsam apples, spiny amaranth, and Asiatic pennywort are rich in beta carotene, which the body can convert to Vitamin A. Eating these traditional foods helps families stay healthy. In the next pages, you will find a selection of wild food species and […]
Five New Records of Cyperaceae for the Flora of Laos
Five species of Cyperaceae, Carex breviscapa, Carex cryptostachys, Cyperus trialatus, Fimbristylis kernii, and Mapania enodis, are recorded for the first time in Laos, the first of which was obtained from our field survey in central Laos and the latter four were confirmed during specimen surveys in the herbaria FOF and KAG. Among them, Mapania is […]
Three new records of Curcuma subgen. Ecomatae (Zingiberaceae: Zingibereae) for the flora of Laos
Three species of Curcuma subgen. Ecomatae, Curcuma bicolor, C. nakhonphanomensis and C. rubroaurantiaca, are newly recorded for the flora of Laos. Descriptions and colour plates, as well as notes on ecology and phenology, are provided for all three species. In addition, a key to species of Curcuma subgen. Ecomatae in Laos is also provided.
An annotated checklist of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) from the Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos
Eleven species of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) are recorded from the Bolaven Plateau in southern Laos. A key to the species, photographs, vernacular names, taxonomic notes and information on distributions, habitat and phenology, are provided. In addition, two species (S. dalzielii and S. glaucescens) are lectotypified.
Systematics, Ecology and Management of Rattans in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. (The Biological Bases of Sustainable Use)
The Greater Mekong region is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet. Home to the world’s largest freshwater fish species and extensive tiger habitat, its forests, rivers, grasslands and wetlands pulse with life. About 80 per cent of the region’s 300 million people depend directly on the goods and services its ecosystems […]
TABI Activities per Province 2009-2020
TABI Activities per Province 2009-2020
TABI AGROBIODIVERSITY MODEL
More than 1,000 species identified in associated selected habitats. Land use planning is implemented in almost 1,000,000 ha in 315 villages in 13 provinces. ABD importance promoted to more than 230,867+ people. ABD curriculum implemented in 50 schools. 1,000 articles and 30 VDOs on ABD helped to attract 80,000+ people on Facebook. 30,000 people active in Phakhaolao. […]
LIVING LANDSCAPES Embracing Agro-Biodiversity in Northern Laos
The Lao uplands have long been recognized for their rich agro-biodiversity. Home to globally important species of animals, plants, and micro-organisms, this agro-biodiversity is the legacy of the upland farmers’ agricultural knowledge and practices passed down over generations. Towards the end of the 20th century and the start of this one, the agrarian transition and […]
NAFRI Research Report: Farmers’ access to credit in the Lao PDR
The agricultural sector plays an important role in the development of the Lao PDR. In 2017, the growth rate of GDP was 6.9%. The growth rate of the agricultural sector increased by 2.9% contributing to 17.7% of the country’s GDP. In addition, the agriculture sector contributed to 60.8% of total employment. The financial sector largely […]
