Agriculture

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Authorities are seeking to register more chemical and biological fertiliser companies to control the quality of the products and reduce any harmful impacts on people and the environment.Currently, only three chemical and biological fertiliser companies are legally registered – Savannakhet Fertiliser ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has issued a new regulation that enables authorities to check the quality and safety of pesticides before they are used on crops in Laos.Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr Lien Thikeo on September 17 signed ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos will soon have a high-quality facility to ensure the required international hygiene standards of plant and animal products as well as providing training.A Memorandum of Understanding on a project to build the facility was signed in Vientiane recently by the ...

The Oudomxay Department of Agriculture and Forestry has issued a notice stating that authorities have detected the H5N6 avian flu virus in ducks sold at a market in Xay District.On 8 October, a team from the Department of Livestock and Fisheries, together with officials from ...

Technical officials from Laos’ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea on Wednesday finished verifying the quality of an irrigation reservoir in Sangthong district, Vientiane.Approval of the reservoir, which is located near Nhaynachaleun ...

Farmers in 50 villages of Khongxedon district, Saravan province, are preparing to plant over 3,000 hectares of dry season rice after they lost a large amount of the wet season rice crop in the recent floods.The Deputy Governor of Khongxedon district, Mr Khamfeua Khounnisai, said ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The majority of Lao people eat sticky rice and it is the main staple of the Lao population throughout the country.Over the years the price of rice grown in Laos has become higher and higher and there have never been any ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos has enough pigs to supply market demand despite an outbreak of African swine fever that is continuing to affect the country.The outbreak has affected 103 villages in 42 districts of 15 provinces, according to the Department of Livestock and Fisheries ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The price of farmed fish on sale in Vientiane markets is now higher than the price set by the government after many fish farmers suffered losses during the recent floods.Adding to their woes are the higher costs they incur in raising ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has approved the sale of 2,000 tonnes of stockpiled rice to bring down the high market price after a shortage of supply meant the price of rice rose by over 20 percent above normal.The move is aimed at cutting ...