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

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWorldFishen
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Lao PDRen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeAgroecology
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategies
cg.coverage.countryLaos
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2LA
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.coverage.subregionAttapeu
cg.creator.identifiermark dubois: 0000-0002-8092-6465en
cg.creator.identifierSouphalack Inphonephong: 0009-0005-5331-2811en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053000en
cg.placeColombo, Sri Lankaen
dc.contributor.authorInphonephong, Souphalacken
dc.contributor.authorMam, K.en
dc.contributor.authorPhounvisouk, L.en
dc.contributor.authorDubois, Marken
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-23T10:44:00Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-23T10:44:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151824
dc.titleIntroducing integrated rice-fish farming in Lao PDR: policy engagementsen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
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
dcterms.extent21p.en
dcterms.issued2024-08-09en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen
dcterms.subjectricefield aquacultureen
dcterms.subjectfish cultureen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.subjectagroecologyen
dcterms.subjectfood productionen
dcterms.subjectagricultural practicesen
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectinstitutionsen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectvillagesen
dcterms.typeReport

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