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26 April 2024
In Lao PDR, the farmer family is struggling with rising cost of living – inflation doubled with the plummeting value of the currency. The family does not need to think long before turning to the lowest hanging cash generating fruit - cassava. It takes next to nothing to grow cassava,...
In Lao PDR, the farmer family is struggling with rising cost of living – inflation doubled with the plummeting value of the currency. The family does not need to think long before turning to the lowest hanging cash generating fruit - cassava. It takes next to nothing to grow cassava,...
25 April 2024
Vientiane, April 25, 2024 – The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) is preparing for the implementation of ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food Agriculture and Forestry Sector (RAI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners announced today. A two-day workshop was held from 24-25 April...
Vientiane, April 25, 2024 – The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) is preparing for the implementation of ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food Agriculture and Forestry Sector (RAI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners announced today. A two-day workshop was held from 24-25 April...
22 April 2024
In a long-running collaboration between the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF), a network of francophone parliaments , and FAO, Pierre Ferrand, FAO Agricultural Officer, and Boris Gandon, FAO Partnerships Specialist for Parliamentary Alliances, attended the Commission for Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs (CAESE) in Luang Prabang, Lao People’s Democratic...
In a long-running collaboration between the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF), a network of francophone parliaments , and FAO, Pierre Ferrand, FAO Agricultural Officer, and Boris Gandon, FAO Partnerships Specialist for Parliamentary Alliances, attended the Commission for Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs (CAESE) in Luang Prabang, Lao People’s Democratic...
26 March 2024
Vientiane Capital, Lao People's Democratic Republic – Over four days from 26th to 29th March 2024 the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MoLSW) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted a flood AA simulation exercise in Thakhamleuam village, Xonnabouly district, Savannakhet province. The event...
Vientiane Capital, Lao People's Democratic Republic – Over four days from 26th to 29th March 2024 the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MoLSW) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted a flood AA simulation exercise in Thakhamleuam village, Xonnabouly district, Savannakhet province. The event...
20 March 2024
Vientiane Capital, Lao People's Democratic Republic – On 20 March 2024, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MoLSW) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized the second quarterly meeting of the National Anticipatory Action Technical Working Group (AA TWG), held at Landmark Riverside Hotel...
Vientiane Capital, Lao People's Democratic Republic – On 20 March 2024, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MoLSW) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized the second quarterly meeting of the National Anticipatory Action Technical Working Group (AA TWG), held at Landmark Riverside Hotel...
