Sep 11, 2015 - ... than enough to sustain themselves, can even export some of their crops.But the Lower Mekong Region (LMR) presents a rather ironic case. While most of its countries’ lands are cultiva ...
May 7, 2015 - ... poverty rate is about 40 per cent. In Tra Vinh, one of the poorest provinces in the Mekong Delta, landlessness is a serious problem and 33 per cent of households are poor. There has b ...
Jun 24, 2016 - ... ooming presence of its equally-vicious sister, La Nina. Backgrounder: El Nino in the Mekong Region Let’s begin by unpacking the first of the siblings – El Nino – and its devastat ...
Dec 14, 2015 - ... my for years with more than nine million hectares of farmland, including the fertile Mekong and Red River deltas.But most farmers remain poor as traditional agriculture practices have ...
Nov 14, 2016 - ... age for rice in Cambodia) is a 4-year project led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the ...
Sep 21, 2015 - ... roduction is also reflected in the density of rice planting. In 1990, farmers in the Mekong Delta planted 1.6 crops/year, and as of 2010, this figure rose to 2.1 crops/year. Notably, t ...
Jul 14, 2016 - ... , plain and simply, your ordinary fruits and vegetables. GMOs in the GMS The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS)’ love-hate relationship with GM foods is no different. While the world is ...
Jun 25, 2015 - ... Rice Information Technology.” The grant was designed to aid farmers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, particularly Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand in improving their livelihood and fo ...
