Jun 28, 2015 - ... y being undertaken. Research efforts continue to test and experiment with drought-tolerant rice varieties that can be planted in the countryside farms of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. Drought ...
May 26, 2016 - ... ht to use GPS technology and maps to help determine where to excavate ponds and canals for rice fields. Successful water management initiatives in Ban Limthong have been a model of good prac ...
Apr 28, 2015 - ... nd higher national and regional GDP. Irrigation systems will improve and this means better rice yield and higher income for farmers. The latter, however, can also encourage the shift to comm ...
Oct 13, 2016 - ... the 20th century, its success seemed unassailable: the global harvest of maize, wheat and rice trebled from 640 million tonnes in 1961 to almost 1.8 billion tonnes by 2000.Africa, in partic ...
Feb 19, 2016 - ... tled Gender and Aquaculture in Lao PDR, while the dominant economic activity in Lao PDR is rice production, fishing remains an important source of livelihood for Lao people. In fact, fish cu ...
Apr 28, 2015 - ... troduced them to techniques to improve their production and livelihood. “LEAP focused on rice farmers, maize growers, and those engaged in poultry and piggery-raising. Many from the poultr ...
Apr 28, 2016 - ... ble. To make us finish our veggies and sweep off the remaining pieces of meat or grains of rice left on our plates, my parents would so conveniently point out to a familiar beggar in the nei ...
Jun 9, 2016 - ... to eat fish and ordered a halt to fishing. As compensation, officials distributed bags of rice and gave fishermen 50,000 dong, or about $2.20. “We are just sitting with tears running down ...
