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National Agriculture and Forestry
Research Institute (NAFRI)
“Agricultural Research in Lao PDR.“
Lao PDR-Thailand Science Technology and Innovation Cooperation
Workshop Don Chan Palace Hotel, Vientiane,
Lao PDR 1-2 March, 2012
Vanthong Phengvichith, PhD
Director of Research Management Division, NAFRI, MAF
[email protected]/[email protected]
Contents
1. NAFRI strategy and Mandate
2. NAFRI Research programmes (2011-2015)
3. Priority of Agricultural Research in Lao PDR
4. Conclusion
NAFRI’s Strategy & Mandates
• National Socio-economic Development Strategy
up to 2020
• Agriculture and Forestry Sector still plays
crucial roles in socio-economic development,
poverty eradication and sustainable natural
resource management
• MAF needed to change its policy to ensure a
balance between rapid economic growth and
sustainable development, and has set a strategic
orientation for agriculture and forestry towards
Sustainable Development, Food and Income
Security;
NAFRI’s Strategy & Mandates (cont.)
• MAF has set 4 Goals:
• The improvement of livelihoods (through improved agriculture)...
has food security as its first priority.
• Increased and modernized production of agricultural
commodities based on organizations of smallholder farmers and
private sector...
• Sustainable production patterns, including the stabilization of
shifting cultivation and climate change adaptation measures,
...to agro-ecological conditions in each region.
• Sustainable forest management and preserve biodiversity ...
•
This leads to NAFRI to change restructured its mandates and
research priorities:
NAFRI’s Policy Directives
Vision:
• Food security, increased income and sustainable
utilization of natural resources
Mission:
• Carry out research for development that focus
on Food security, increased income and
sustainable utilization of natural resources, and
supports policy development,
• Develop research culture and capability in
agriculture and forestry, and
• Develop an effective communication and
information systems
GOALs of NAFRI
• To develop appropriate methods and technologies
to strengthen agriculture production systems for
different agro-ecological zones
in Laos that
focus on ensuring food security as well as income
generation opportunities for farmers,
• To support the development of improved methods
to ensure the sustainable management of land
and natural resources,
• To improve access to information and knowledge
of different actors so they can make informed
decisions at different levels.
NAFRI’s Structure
Director
General
NAFRI needs to fit
itself into MAF’s
Policy and Structure
NAFRI Research
Council
AFD
RMD
PCD1
RCRC2
PRC1
FRC
LRC
HRC
LAReC
LWRC
ISC3
ECoRC SAFReC NAFReC
1= newly established
2= Changed name
3= newly upgraded
3 Management Divisions; 11 Research Centres
350 permanent staffs
What’s Priority?
Research Programs and
Area Focus
Research Programmes
1. Food security and Safety
2. Improvement and empowerment of farmers’
livelihoods
3. Sustainable Natural Resources and Agrobiodiversity management
4. Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change
5. Capacity and Research network Development
Food security and Safety
Program
Maximizing return per unit of land through
productivity improvement.
• Increased productivity of potential crops,
livestock, fisheries and NTFPs for food security
and commercial production,
• Efficient use of water for agriculture production,
• Development of cost effective soil improvement
technologies,
• development of integrated farming system for
different agro-ecological zones.
Improvement and empowerment of
farmers’ livelihoods
1. Improve enabling environment and mechanisms to
support agriculture Production
• Microfinance, development funds and credit,
• Agri-business development,
• Development of production group and local service
providers,
• Policy and legal frameworks; Incentives system,
• Understanding agrarian change and local knowledge
systems.
2. Marketing
and quality requirements for
agriculture and forestry products,
• Quality and market for agri-products,
• Impacts of Market and marketing.
Sustainable Natural Resources and
Agro-biodiversity management
Recommendations on enabling mechanisms to
support biodiversity conservation and utilization
• Improve LUP measures, procedures and methodologies,
• Land use management systems improvement.
• Participatory management systems of natural forests that
ensure short and long-term benefits,
• Community-based local resource management (land,
forestry and water for agriculture),
• In-situ and ex-situ conservation; Identification and
domestication of species of high potential for development
and conservation,
Agricultural Adaptation to Climate
Change
Improved smallholder farmer’s adaptation
capacities to climate change
• Land use planning for the agro-ecological zone
where having the risk for natural disaster
• Develop Agri. technologies for mitigation and
adaptation to climate change (MART-Agriculture)
• Develop strategies that enable policy makers to
deliver more effective climate adaptation programs
relevant to farmer livelihoods and food security.
Capacity and Research network
Development
1. Capacity Development that focusing on
three areas:
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Human resource development,
Organisational development, and
Institutional development
2. Information services
• Improve facilities and management systems (ICT, Library,
production)
• Develop AKIS (sharing information, resource and
responsibilities; networks; links.)
• Strengthen multi-level and multi-stakeholders information
communication and coordination.
What’s current Agricultural
Research Priority?
Current Research priority in the Low
land agro-ecological zone
Ensuring food security and cash income:
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Paddy rice 4.2 million tons annually up to 2015.
Meat and fish consumption 45-50 kg per caput/year
• Improving productivity of crop production systems
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Rice
Research focus on development of appropriate technologies and
suitable varieties for rice other crop production, (Crop breeding for
variety improvement , development of agronomy and seed
multiplication techniques)
More intensive forms of crop production and mechanization,
Diversification and moving from subsistence rice production for food
and cash crops for the market.
Cassava
Maize
Rubber
Current Research priority in the Low
land agro-ecological zone (cont.)
• Improving livestock production systems to ensuring
in food production and income generation
•
Livestock Research: Focus on improving breeds, nutrition, disease
and parasite control, improved husbandry (management) and
marketing)
• Improving existing aquaculture production systems
and natural fisheries
•
Fisheries Research: Focus on improving brood stock, nutrition,
disease control, natural fishery management, environmental
protection and marketing.
Current Research priority in the Low
land agro-ecological zone (cont.)
• Efficient use of water for agriculture production
•
Develop efficiency in water utilization in agriculture productions
and water harvesting and saving technologies
• Soil improvement and conservation technologies
•
Development of cost effective soil improvement technologies
adapting promisingly proved techniques as a base (e.g.
adaptation of zero tillage system).
• Agro-processing and Marketing
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Post harvest losses study, development and testing of postharvesting technologies for important commodities to value added.
Increased opportunities for market production are the single
biggest motivating factor for farmers to change and improve their
farming systems
Current Research priority in the Upland
agro-ecological zone
Characteristic of Uplands:
• Diverse & Fragile Environment, remote Communities
• High Ethnic diversity, subsistent farming & food insecurity
• Major incidences of poverty and food insecurity are found in
upland areas
Challenge:
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Stabilization of Shifting for poverty reduction.
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Sustainable natural forest management (increase forest
cover to 70% by 2020)
Government put more effort on
stabilized shifting cultivation
The change of agriculture and the utilization
of natural resources in Uplands
Land for food production have been
replaced by cash crops
High demand
on NTFP
(overexploitation)
Peuk muaek and
cinnamom tree
roots
Rubber Boom
Current Research priority in the Upland
agro-ecological zone
Food security is the high priority in the upland
• Intensification and diversification of crop
production systems
• Diversification and moving from subsistence shifting upland
rice cultivation to producing a range of crops for food and
cash crops for the market.
• Research focus on development of appropriate technologies for
intensification and diversification of farming systems (
Integration Crop-livestock production systems eg. Rubber and
livestock , maize and livestock, other agro-foresty ...)
Forage grass for cut and
carry feeding
Current Research priority in the Upland
agro-ecological zone (cont.)
•
Improving livestock production systems to
ensuring in food production and income
generation
• Research focus on improving nutrition, disease and
parasite control, improved husbandry (management),
breed and marketing
Stylo inter-cropping
with rubber
Forage grass for cut
and carry feeding
Current Research in the Upland agroecological zone (cont.)
• Sustainable use of NTFPs and Forest
management
• Participatory management systems of natural
forests that ensure short and long-term
benefits,
• Community-based local resource management
(Participatory land use planning)
Participatory land use
planning
SALT
NTFPs
Current Research priorities in the
Upland agro-ecological zone (cont.)
• Soil improvement and conservation technologies
• Development of cost effective soil improvement
technologies adapting promisingly proved techniques as a
base (e.g. adaptation of zero tillage system).
• Value addition and quality improvement for
agri-products
• Post harvest losses study and development and testing of
post-harvesting technologies for important commodities to
add value.
Conclusion
• Agriculture and Forestry Sector still plays crucial
roles in socio-economic development, poverty
eradication in Laos,
• NAFRI’s Research have to focus on Food security,
increased income and sustainable utilization of
natural resources, and supports policy development,
• Formation of production group and/or Farmers
association and support agri-products processing,
marketing and linking farmers to appropriate input
i.e. banks/credits are key importance for
agricultural development in Laos,
Conclusion (cont.)
• Improve the capacity of local community through
technical service centers are an important factor
for the dissemination and adoption of technologies
and approaches
• Strongly participation of stakeholders (including
govern. and private sectors) are key importance
for agricultural development in Laos
Khob chai
Thank you