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Agricultural innovation pathways in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Highlights and way forward from the TAP-AIS project

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 18 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Synopsis (short abstract) This brief presents the background and results of the TAP-AIS project in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, implemented from August 2020 to December 2022. At the country level, the TAP-AIS project worked to strengthen capacities to innovate and the innovation policy environment. In the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the project strengthened the capacities of several key institutions to innovate: the Department of Agricultural Extension and Cooperatives (DAEC), the Lao Farmer Network (LFN), the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) and the Sector Working Group on Agricultural and Rural Development (SWGARD). Highlights, lessons learned and pathways forward to further strengthen the agricultural innovation system (AIS) in the Lao People's Democratic Republic are presented in this brief for interested stakeholders to learn from the project and build on its achievements.

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FAO. 2024. Agricultural innovation pathways in the Lao People's Democratic Republic – Highlights and way forward from the TAP-AIS project. Rome.

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