Country Gender Assessment of Agriculture and The rural sector in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
This Country Gender Assessment (CGA) was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in October 2017 as a way to gauge Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s progress in achieving gender equality in the agricultural and rural sectors, and as a mechanism to guide FAO’s strategic mission in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. […]
Most Significant Change Stories
Most Significant Change is a qualitative research methodology that involves project stakeholders in deciding what changes are worth recording as “stories”. MSC stories are meant to illustrate, not quantify outcomes and impacts. These stories help “bring to life” the quantitative data and help TABI project managers and donors understand how changes resulting from the P-FALUPAM […]
Melientha Cultivation – Farmer Guide
Melientha is an evergreen forest tree, up to 10 m high, with young leaves much favored in various Lao dishes. Unfortunately, the Melientha trees are unsustainably harvested, where parts or whole trees are cut down, seriously threatening the species.
In addition to the priority activities the Xiengkhouang province
• Traditional medicines: Support for conservation in key habitats, community agreements on management and harvesting, processing and equitable markets is needed. • Fish-rice cultivation: This is an age-old practice in Asia and part of Laos. Increases in fish production can be made via adoption of practices used in other countries in Asia and can be […]
In addition to the priority activities the province also support efforts to promote of Luang Prabang
Village forestry: Being connected to many NTFPs, village forestry needs support for conservation, management, and marketing of products. • Mushrooms: Wild mushrooms are lucrative but need support for habitat protection, farmer organization, and marketing. • Crispy Riverweed: Already a well-known product, loss of habitat suggests efforts are needed on production in new areas or different […]
Case Study Fish Conservation Zone, Ban Phieng Mon, Nong Hed District, Xiengkhouang “Initial insights”
Introduction: To understand the scale of impacts of FCZs, TABI facilitated a PRA exercise in Ban Phieng Mon in Xiengkhouang Province on May 29, 2019 using a small group discussion. TABI began supporting the FCZ work in Ban Phieng Mon in 2014. This FCZ includes approximately 1.5 km of the Houay River. Methods: […]
Distribution and Ecology of Some Important River Fish Species of the Mekong River Basin
The fishery of the Mekong River is one of the largest and most significant in the world, and most of the production is based on migratory river fishes. An earlier report provided an overview of the general patterns of fish migrations and their significance for management. This complementary report provides more detailed information on 40 […]
Systematics, Ecology and Management of Rattans in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, The Biological Bases of Sustainable Use
Rattans are spiny, climbing palms in the subfamily Calamoideae. There are over 550 different species of rattan belonging to 12 genera distributed throughout the Old World tropics (Dransfield et al. 2008). Rattan palms are used for a variety of subsistence purposes, e.g. cordages, basketry, food, medicine, and thatch, and the flexible stem, or canes, form […]
Mushrooms for Trees and People: A field guide to useful mushrooms of the Mekong region
As part of biodiversity in the GMS, fungi, and more specifically, mushrooms play a special role. Micro-and small enterprise development is widely recognized as important in many developing countries. Yet when it comes to people earning money from non-timber forest products (NTFP’s), several studies of commercially traded NTFP’s in Asia, Africa or Latin America have […]
