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National Agriculture & Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI)
NAFRI, the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute is based in Vientiane, Lao PDR, and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF). NAFRI undertakes integrated agriculture, forestry and fisheries adaptive research in order to provide technical information, technical norms and results for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries development strategy formulation in accordance with the LAO PDR’s government policy. NAFRI’s mandate also include the implementation of natural resources assessments and socio-economic studies within agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fisheries in order to support land-use master plans and development of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries production, in accordance with the potential of agro-ecological zone. In addition, NAFRI manages the production and provision of information on agriculture, forestry, livestock and fisheries production techniques and technologies for implementation of government priority programs of line department. The institute also undertakes adaptive research on local feed resources, forages and fodder trees, use of feed from local available resources and manufactured feed to improve small holders' livestock and fisheries production and processing of livestock and fisheries products for domestic consumption and future export. Furthermore, NAFRI contributes to the development of norms and regulations, and extension policies with the organization involved.
Web address: www.nafri.org.la
Research Areas:
- Agriculture: cropping pattern and agriculture production systems, techniques, methodologies for land management systems and soil, water and nutrient conservation for sustainable land development.
- Animal Husbandry: integrated livestock farming systems, existing indigenous animal genetic resources and suitable exotic species for conservation, selection for breeding, improvement, production and breeding of animals.
- Fisheries: aquaculture systems based on different agro-ecological zones and socio-economic conditions, sustainable use and management of wetlands.
- Forestry: forest plantation, natural forest rehabilitation and management, integrated agro-forestry.
SUMERNET representative
Mr. Linkham Douangsavanh, M.Sc.
Head of Socio-economic research section, NAFRI.
Mr Linkham’s areas of expertise are in rural development, agricultural economics and socio-economic research. In addition to his position at NAFRI, he is also a Ph.D candidate at Khon Kean University, at the agronomy department in their farming system program.
E-mail: linkham_d@nafri.org.la
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