Special Report - 2019 FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Security Assessment ◽  
Special Report ◽  
Lao People’S Democratic Republic ◽  
Lao People's Democratic Republic

Small-scale production of edible insects for enhanced food security and rural livelihoods: experience from Thailand and Lao People’s Democratic Republic

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.B. Durst ◽  
Y. Hanboonsong
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Edible Insects ◽  
Lao People’S Democratic Republic ◽  
Lao People's Democratic Republic

Thailand and Lao People's Democratic Republic have long and rich histories of human consumption of insects, which have provided important contributions to food security and nutrition over the centuries. In the past, most insects were collected for non-commercial home consumption, but insects are now increasingly sold in local markets and to dealers as a source of cash income. While traditional household consumption remains important in many areas of the two countries, consumption patterns are evolving, with increased demand for insects as snacks and in urban areas. Production patterns are also evolving to include not only traditional harvesting of insects from wild habitats, but also semi-domestication and insect farming. Marketing practices are increasingly reflecting changing consumer preferences and demands and the growing population of urban consumers. Production, processing, and marketing of edible insects is providing important income, employment and livelihood opportunities across Thailand and Lao PDR, with new niche markets offering growing opportunities for entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals A New Horizon: Addressing Food and Nutrition Problems in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongyout Kachondham ◽  
Sakorn Dhanamitta
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Lao People’S Democratic Republic ◽  
Lao People's Democratic Republic ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food And Nutrition

This paper provides information from the Lao People's Democratic Republic on household food security, current nutrition problems, their magnitudes and trends, food and nutrition policy and activities, and strategies for the development of short- and long-term approaches to dealing with the problems. Data were obtained during a recent UNl-CEF-supported consultancy, the objective of which was to assess young child nutrition and household food security as a prerequisite for recommending appropriate community-based primary health care and information system interventions. The data were collected through published and unpublished documents, observations of Lao PDR medical and health facilities, rural schools, and villages, and interviews with Laotian nutrition and health specialists. The findings show that house-hold food security rests unstably on a risk-diffusion strategy and women's participation. A number of nutrition disorders are also prevalent. Control strategies require both long- and short-term actions focusing on assessment, advocacy, planning, training, appropriate model development, and communication for food and nutrition.

scholarly journals Epidemiology of acute respiratory viral infections in children in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal J. Snoeck ◽  
Konstantin Evdokimov ◽  
Kinnaly Xaydalasouk ◽  
Sodaly Mong Khoune ◽  
Aurélie Sausy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Viral Infections ◽  
Lao People’S Democratic Republic ◽  
Lao People's Democratic Republic ◽  
Respiratory Viral Infections

scholarly journals Vaccine temperature management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A nationwide cross-sectional study

Heliyon ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. e07342
Author(s):  
Tomomi Kitamura ◽  
Viraneth Bouakhasith ◽  
Kongxay Phounphenghack ◽  
Chansay Pathammavong ◽  
Anonh Xeuatvongsa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Temperature Management ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lao People’S Democratic Republic ◽  
Lao People's Democratic Republic
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