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Laos: implementing climate-smart agriculture project in Khammuane
05-11-2020
Humana Fundación Pueblo para Pueblo in Laos continues at a very good pace with the 'Partnership for Improved Nutrition in Lao PDR' program, launched by Health Poverty Action, the Khammuane Province Health Office and the European Union, as part of the efforts of the global movement "Scaling Up Nutrition" (SUN).
Under Output 1, the project has focused on building capacity among the farmers through trainings on climate -smart agriculture technologies and other sustainable agriculture practices. The project established demonstration plots for vegetable gardens, crops farming and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) where 500 farmers were trained as trainers. 4155 farmers practice crop diversification and the project provided different 11 types of seeds for the demonstration plots which resulted in increase in crop production.
The project has improved the access for irrigation in the villages through provision of irrigation materials, maintenance and installation of 53 small scale irrigation systems. For the villages with no access to water for irrigation, the project dug the 43 wells and provided the materials for small scale irrigation systems.
The project selected and trained 102 Village Veterinary Workers (VVWs) and equipped them with veterinary kits for animal vaccination and disease protection. This training was done prior to distributing the animals to the farmers as pass on loans. So far 1615 families have benefited from receiving ducks, chickens, goats and pigs.
