EFICAS annual workshop 2017

The purpose of the meeting was:

To provide updated information to partners on:
  • Project activities in target villages: main achievements so far and plans for 2017
  • Project impact on target communities: lessons learnt from the comparison between socio-economic baselines (2014) and endlines (2016)
  • Research studies: road extension impact studies, agrarian transition studies
To propose direct interactions with project beneficiaries (field visit)
To favor exchanges amongst partners on issues related to the dissemination of agroecological practices in northern Laos

Presentations

1. The EFICAS project: a landscape approach to agroecology:
2. Village development pathways: examples from the 3 target provinces:

Houaphan:

Luang Prabang:

Phongsaly:

3. Controlling animal roaming to intensify crop and livestock:
4. Sustaining rainfed cereal production using legume crops: the case of Pigeon pea in Luang prabang province and of rice bean in Kham basin, Xkg province:
5. Spraying sugar-based solutions to improve cardamom productivity:
6. Facilitating public-private partnerships that support sustainable land management: the case of coffee in Samphan district and soybean in Kham basin:
7. Expansion of road networks in upland production areas: impacts on landscapes and livelihoods in Huaphan Province:
8. Lessons learnt from past-recent agrarian transition in Xieng Khouang and Sayabouri provinces:
9. Project impact on target communities: lessons learnt from the comparison between socio-economic baselines (2014) and endlines (2016):