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Extending rice crop yield improvements in Lao PDR: an ACIAR–World Vision collaborative project

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Extending rice crop yield improvements in Lao PDR: an ACIAR–World Vision collaborative project

Publication Code: 

IAS075

ISBN: 

ISBN 978 1 921962 12 7 (print), ISBN 978 1 921962 13 4 (online)

Date Released: 

31/10/2011

Author(s): 

David N. Harris

Summary

An assessment of the impact of an ACIAR–World Vision extension project on improving rice crop yields in southern Laos. The assessment shows there have been significant gains in food security for the adopting farmers, with widespread acceptance of the new rice varieties and improvement of wet-season rice yields.