Annual meeting of EFICAS project

On 27-28 March in Luang Prabang the EFICAS project hold its annual meeting.

CANSEA Regional Workshop “Agroecology for South East Asia”, Vientiane, Lao PRD, 10th January 2017

3 DMC principles

Principles of direct seeding mulching-based cropping systems

Signing ceremony of GMOU for the implementation of ACTAE project between CIRAD and Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), 11th July 2016 in Laos

ACTAE project: National multi-stakeholder workshops as part of the project’s inception phase

The 1st national multi-stakeholder workshops addressing Agroecological Transition in the Mekong Region, and especially in the ACTAE project's countries, were held in March-June 2016 in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

ACTAE - Regional project aiming to promote agroecology in Southeast Asia

ACTAE regional project aims at promoting agro-ecological principles and practices in GMS- countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

From Uniformity to Diversity: A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems

This report explores the potential for a shift to occur from current food systems, characterized by industrial modes of agriculture, to systems based around diversified agroecological farming. It asks what the impacts on food systems would be if diversity, rather than uniformity, were the key imperative. The ecological benefits of such a shift have been widely documented. The key question, and the one asked in this report, is where the trade-offs lie. In other words, could food systems based around diversified agroecological farming succeed where current systems are failing, namely in reconciling concerns such as food security, environmental protection, nutritional adequacy and social equity.

Towards an agroecological transition in Southeast Asia: Cultivating diversity and developing synergies

The world today is facing many challenges, among which demographic pressure and the natural resources of the earth, we are reaching the limits of. The demographic factor is directly linked with the food security issue since it is imperative that we produce more in order to feed our growing population. To this must be added the evolution of alimentary diet which accompany the progressive improvements we have seen in the lives of the poorest segments of the population. Having reached the outer physical limits of our planet, we can only intensify each farming acre’s productivity so as to preserve the natural areas still left to us, such as forests, while avoiding the non-sustainable development of marginal lands. When we include the stakes related to nutrition and climate change, it is easy to understand the complexity of the challenges facing us. This is particularly true in Southeast Asia due to the immense demographic pressure felt in most countries