Sep 11, 2015 - ... ving more than enough to sustain themselves, can even export some of their crops.But the Lower Mekong Region (LMR) presents a rather ironic case. While most of its countries’ lands are cultiva ...
May 7, 2015 - ... el and the poverty rate is about 40 per cent. In Tra Vinh, one of the poorest provinces in the Mekong Delta, landlessness is a serious problem and 33 per cent of households are poor. There has b ...
Jun 24, 2016 - ... d by the looming presence of its equally-vicious sister, La Nina. Backgrounder: El Nino in the Mekong Region Let’s begin by unpacking the first of the siblings – El Nino – and its devastat ...
Dec 14, 2015 - ... ture economy for years with more than nine million hectares of farmland, including the fertile Mekong and Red River deltas.But most farmers remain poor as traditional agriculture practices have ...
Jul 14, 2016 - ... . They are, plain and simply, your ordinary fruits and vegetables. GMOs in the GMS The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS)’ love-hate relationship with GM foods is no different. While the world is ...
Oct 5, 2015 - ... h water-related issues such as a rising sea level, land subsidence and saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta. Lawmakers and experts shared their views on water management with Viet Nam News repor ...
... roposed initiative was to improve food security and livelihood of poor farmers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) through increased application of existing agricultural information, and th ...
Oct 9, 2015 - ... cale rural farmers. The need for postharvest management becomes even more glaring in the Lower Mekong Region (LMR). Despite being one of the world’s leading vegetable producers and consumers, ...
Apr 28, 2015 - ... m is the fourth country in Asia to have launched a National ZHC and the second among the Lower Mekong Sub-region (LMR) countries, Myanmar being the first to launch in October 2014. The launching ...
