Fair Trade is a growing market and offers both opportunities and challenges for the Lao producers. This was the message conveyed during a seminar on Fair trade, organised by the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) in Lane Xang Hotel last September 9, 2009. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SADC), the [...]
The first National Nutrition Policy Dissemination Workshop was organized during April 8 – 11, 2009 at International Cooperation and Training Center (ICTC), in Vientiane Capital. The objectives of the workshop are: disseminate National Nutrition Policy, National Policy on Food Safety, Mother, Neonatal and Child Health package strategy and their linkages with all sectors [...]
The workshop was attended by 18 participants from Sangthong and Hinheup districts. Basically, it aimed to: (a) develop plan of operation for the implementation of the prioritized and elected watershed issues, (b) support WSC (Watershed Committee) in prioritizing the watershed issues, (c) agree upon a monitoring plan, (d) support WSC in formulation of result chain [...]