Savannakhet strengthens agricultural resilience through climate adaptation research

Savannakhet province, the largest in Laos and a key agricultural hub, is increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Frequent floods and droughts have taken a toll on local livelihoods, with about 78 percent of the province’s rice cultivation relying solely on rainfall …  

This story was written by Keoxomphou Sakdavong as a part of MTT media-research collaboration fellowship  and was published in the Vientiane Times: Savannakhet strengthens agricultural resilience through climate adaptation research  

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MTT media-research collaboration fellowship 

In January 2025, SEI’s Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Network Program (MTT) awarded six “media-research collaboration fellowships”, each worth up to US$ 3,400 (AUD 5,000), to selected journalists and multimedia producers from the countries of the Mekong Region for environmental reporting. 

During the fellowship from January to December 2025, the media grantees have produced a range of stories, blogs, and short films on diverse environmental issues in the Mekong Region. The outputs were produced in collaboration with the MTT-affiliated researchers in the Mekong Region. The media grantees also organized a series of trainings and collaborative learning sessions for the MTT researchers in order to build the researchers’ capacity in multimedia and media engagement. 

The media-research partnership fund is coordinated by SEI Asia with the generous support of DFAT, Government of Australia.