Introducing integrated rice-fish farming in Lao PDR: policy engagements

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorldFishen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Lao PDRen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeAgroecologyen_US
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategiesen_US
cg.coverage.countryLaosen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2LAen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.subregionAttapeuen_US
cg.creator.identifiermark dubois: 0000-0002-8092-6465en_US
cg.creator.identifierSouphalack Inphonephong: 0009-0005-5331-2811en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053000en_US
cg.placeColombo, Sri Lankaen_US
dc.contributor.authorInphonephong, Souphalacken_US
dc.contributor.authorMam, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPhounvisouk, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDubois, Marken_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-23T10:44:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-08-23T10:44:00Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151824en_US
dc.titleIntroducing integrated rice-fish farming in Lao PDR: policy engagementsen_US
dcterms.abstractThis report outlines policies and recommended policy engagements to promote agroecology practices in food production systems in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Literature reviews and field consultation visits were used to collect data on factors and challenges influencing the integrated rice-fish farming practices by farmer households and policy engagements to enhance their local potential and address challenges that may prevent further expansion and sustainable practices. The study found ‘good progress’ in terms of policy and institutional framework, facilitating a gradual transition from conventional farming practice to agroecology into food production systems, although there are some implementation gaps. To facilitate the transition toward improved agricultural practices, the following policy engagements are recommended: • Conduct regular recognition programs and knowledge dissemination events such as farmer-to-farmer peer learning support households in influencing uptake or scaling and farmer-led hatchery learning. • Use evidence-based costs and benefits of the rice-fish farmer field trials in policy research. • Conduct policy research to identify factors enabling integrated fish production in rice fields during dry seasons when many households experience lower production. Some incentives were outlined in the National Policy on the Promotion of Livestock and Aquatic Animal Production. • Continuing to involve policymakers from sectors in the CGIAR Agroecology Initiative to maintain policy support for agroecological farming practices in the community and further expansions across the country.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationInphonephong, Souphalack; Mam, K.; Phounvisouk, L.; Dubois, Mark. 2024. Introducing integrated rice-fish farming in Lao PDR: policy engagements. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies. 21p.en_US
dcterms.extent21p.en_US
dcterms.issued2024-08-09en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
dcterms.subjectricefield aquacultureen_US
dcterms.subjectfish cultureen_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.subjectagroecologyen_US
dcterms.subjectfood productionen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural practicesen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dcterms.subjectfarmersen_US
dcterms.subjectinstitutionsen_US
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen_US
dcterms.subjectvillagesen_US
dcterms.typeReporten_US

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