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A paper about rice policy in Myanmar. The paper describes an increase in paddy prices and exports to China; rice in China compared to other sectors; and the relationship between...

A scoping report exploring economy, agriculture and donor engagement with agriculture businesses in Vietnam, focusing on Dong Thap, Can Tho and An Giang provinces. The report...

A presentation about wetland conservation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam and integrated farming systems. The presentation includes aerial photography of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam...

A presentation promoting Cambodian rice. The presenter describes the expansion of Cambodia’s rice exports, gives an overview of export markets and describes premium fragrant...

Cambodia faces a new threat: the poisoning of its people, food, water and wildlife by chemical pesticides. Cambodia is becoming a dumping ground for pesticides deemed by the...

A report on the status and potential of the production, processing and marketing of several organic and chemical-free food products in Cambodia. The report examines rice as the...

The aim of this study was to identify foodborne pathogens (mainly aspergillus) colonizing rice grains using cultural and microscopic methods. Four differential media were used...

The Asia Briefing Paper Series aims to inform the development practitioners and the public about new innovations, results and impacts of Swiss development cooperation in Asia....

This article explores how the Khmer Rouge’s restructuring of the environment into a socialist utopian space could be explained as an attempt to establish and tighten control...

A report about the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, ecosystem services and development in the Greater Mekong. The first part of the report describes changes from...

A report on grain and feed production in Myanmar. Rice paddy production and exports are estimated to increase in market year 2013/2014 and 2014/15. Corn production is also...

An article about a project to preserve rice crop biodiversity and traditional rice varieties in Laos. Seed collection and storage are discussed, as well as the need to preserve...

Proceedings of the second regional workshop on improvement of irrigation efficiency on paddy fields in the Lower Mekong Basin. The workshop was part of a project aimed at...

An overview of rice production in Cambodia, describes the climate, seasons, soil conditions and land use, and the distribution of rice paddies. Rice agro-ecological systems are...

An article about Myanmar's rice sector and relationship with the International Rice Research Institute. The article describes a meeting with Myanmar President U Thein Sein and...

A press release about the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation's funding of a 16-year effort to ensure food security in Laos. This project was led jointly by the Lao...

Article published in IRRI's quarterly magazine, Rice Today, about the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the International Rice Research Institute's (IRRI) work...

Cambodian perspectives on rice production and mechanisation. The presenter introduces Cambodia’s agriculture sector and its composition, and the role of rice outlines Cambodian...

Presents findings of a baseline survey on rainfed lowland rice (RLR) in Cambodia based on interviews with 45 RLR farmers in three provinces. This report describes: 1) the place...

This report analyses the effect on yield and economic return of salinity-tolerant rice varieties and good farming practices, and suggests strategies for food production to adapt...