A meeting on 30 May 2018 in Vientiane, Laos, reflected on the achievements of One Health research interfacing cross-sectoral collaboration and ways of advancing the work of a One Health platform in the country. Continue reading
Category Archives: Laos
A4NH / Food Safety / Laos / LIVESTOCKCRP / Southeast Asia
ILRI researchers carry out initial survey of pork-borne diseases in southern Laos
A survey of pig populations in southern Laos was carried out in March 2018 as part of ongoing efforts to enhance collaboration between the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners toward strengthening food safety in the country.
Article / Cambodia / China / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Laos / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
The third issue of ILRI East and Southeast Asia newsletter is out
The third issue of the ILRI East and Southeast Asia newsletter is now available. It provides an overview of the activities from July to December 2017 as well as the upcoming activities in 2018. Continue reading
Agriculture / Asia / CGIAR / China / HUMIDTROPICS / ILRI / Innovation Systems / Intensification / Laos / PIL / Research / SLS / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
Implementing integrated systems research for sustainable smallholder agriculture in the Central Mekong
This book summarizes the achievements as well as some of the challenges faced while implementing integrated systems research to support the sustainable development of smallholder farming in the uplands of the Mekong region. It describes how CGIAR centers and national and local partners collaborated to test options to increase farm productivity in the Central Highlands … Continue reading
Asia / ILRI / Laos / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases
Vietnam and Laos-based project on climate-sensitive diseases holds planning workshop in Hanoi
The ‘Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos,’ or Pestforecast project team recently held its second planning workshop on 19-21 March 2015 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Continue reading
A4NH / Agri-Health / Asia / Cambodia / Food Safety / ILRI / Laos / Pigs / Report / Southeast Asia / Thailand / Vietnam
Reviewing pig-health research in Southeast Asia
In 2003, the Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific (VPHCAP) was established to be a regional information centre on food safety for food of animal origin in countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Since then, the VPHCAP has provided considerable amounts of information for the region’s public health researchers. With the recent commencement of the … Continue reading
Asia / China / Crop-Livestock / Event / HUMIDTROPICS / ILRI / Intensification / Laos / Livestock / Thailand / Vietnam
CGIAR Humid Tropics research program plans for the Greater Mekong Region
The Greater Mekong Region is currently experiencing social and environmental change quicker than almost anywhere else in the world. Spanning south from Yunnan in South China through Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, the region is an international hotspot for global diversity, poverty, and economic change, and poses a distinct collection of social and … Continue reading
