This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the rice sector in Vietnam, Lao PDR, and Cambodia, focusing on sustainable and improved market access. It evaluates the current state of rice production, market dynamics, and policy frameworks, offering evidence-based recommendations to enhance the competitiveness of rice from these countries in both domestic and high-value international markets.
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of agricultural development policies in the Mekong Sub-Region, specifically focusing on Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam. It evaluates the effectiveness of existing policies and offers recommendations to enhance agricultural productivity, sustainability, and regional cooperation.
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges faced by agricultural exports from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam in accessing the Chinese market. Focusing on the fruits sector, it evaluates trade policies, export value chains, and the potential for these Mekong sub-region countries to expand their market share in China.
The regional project “Network of Agriculture and Rural Development think-tanks for countries in Mekong sub-region” (NARDT) is implemented by the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD) in Viet Nam as the lead agency and other three co- facilitating partners including the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) in Lao PDR, Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) in Cambodia and Centre for Economic and Social Development (CESD) in Myanmar. NARDT funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to promote research cooperation and policy dialogue on agriculture and rural development (ARD), improve the quality of research, advocacy and implementation of ARD policies in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV).
This comprehensive report delves into the intricate dynamics of cross-border agricultural trade between Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. The study highlights key achievements, ongoing challenges, and policy recommendations aimed at fostering stronger trade relationships among these Southeast Asian nations, focusing particularly on the agricultural sector.
Senior officials in the Lao government and concerned organizations and business enterprises are increasingly interested in policy formulation based on science and evidence-based research. Technical assistance and funding for policy research is increasingly linked to hard scientific evidence and demonstrated success in the belief that better policies will be formulated, and existing policy implementation gaps will be addressed. Decision-makers continue to seek solutions to persistent challenges to sustainable agricultural development that form the research agenda for the Policy Think Tank. These are: Agricultural technology issues, Farmer organization issues, Livestock technology and fishery issues, Agro-economic issues, Agrobiodiversity issues, Agricultural land issues, Forest management issues, and Nutrition agriculture sensitivity
The purpose of this research brief is to synthesize the f ndings of ten policy research studies conducted by NAFRI’s Policy Think Tank (PTT) research team between 2016 and 2020, and complementary research studies. The research was related to commercialisation of agricultural products in Lao PDR.
Tea plants are native to East Asia and evidence of tea consumption in China goes back to the 2nd century BC. In Laos, tea was presumably cultivated and traded as early as the 7th century (Earth Systems, 2016). Forest tea, which includes both ancient and wild tea1, has been grown in Northern Laos for centuries (Marseille, 1990). In the 1920s, the French brought tea from Vietnam to cultivate on the Bolaven plateau and recognized the quality of wild forest teas from Xieng Khouang (Pedersen et al., 2016).
VIET NAM - Under the framework of the project “Network for Agriculture and Rural Development Think-tanks for Countries in Mekong sub-region” (NARDT), IPSARD collaborated with experts from NARDT, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to publish the report “Impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on smallholder farmers and vulnerable rural people in Viet Nam”. This report is an attempt to provide more in-depth and reliable information for decision-making by the Vietnamese Government to cope with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.
VIET NAM - Accumulated to August 25, 2020, the Ministry has completed 57 tasks (8 overdue tasks) out of 168 assigned tasks, the remaining 111 tasks are being implemented within the assigned time; Answering to 129 questions proposed by voters before the 9th Session, XIV National Assembly. Submitted to the Government, the Prime Minister issued 06 Decrees, 01 Decision, 09 Circulars; simplified 15/34 administrative procedures, reached 44.11%; Cost savings: VND 77.4 billion/year, reached the cost-cutting ratio: 72.80%...