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Final National Workshop of FPAR in Laos 2018 This project is funded by Ministry of Agriculture Food and Agriculture A project implemented by the Asian the European Union and Forestry Organization of the United Institute of Technology Nations FINAL REPORT Final National Workshop of the FPAR in Laos Lao Plaza Hotel, Vientiane Capital, 3 August 2018 SUSTAINING AND ENHANCING THE MOMENTUM FOR INNOVATION AND LEARNING AROUND THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI) IN THE LOWER MEKONG RIVER BASIN (SRI-LMB) Partners Final National Workshop of the FPAR in Laos Lao Plaza Hotel, Vientiane Capital, 3 August 2018 FINAL REPORT 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT On behalf of the PMU for SRI-LMB project in Laos we would like to thank the Heads and Deputy Heads of District of Agriculture and Forestry Office (DAFO) and District Coordinators and Farmer Trainers from 9 districts. We like to express our thanks to the Head and Deputy Heads of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Offices (PAFO) and Agriculture Development Centres within the three Provinces (Vientiane, Khammouane and Savannakhet) for their active participation in the Final National workshops FPAR 2017. We acknowledge the support from Dr. Tiene Vannasouk DDG of DTEAP, who was the former Country Focal Point of SRI-LMB project in Laos and now retired, for his active support and advice for implementation of a successful SRI-LMB project in Laos. We thank Mr. Thongsavanh Phanthalavong, new DDG of DTEAP, for agreeing to take over the Focal Point responsibilities and for supporting the organization and facilitation of this workshop. The Final National Workshop on FPAR 2017 would not have been successful without the active participation, contributions and support provided by staff in the FAO IPM office in Vientiane Capital. Their support and advice to PMU during process of concept note formulation and budgeting arrangement. Also the training expert and admin officer’s support is acknowledged for preparing and organizing of this workshop. We acknowledge Dr. Abha Mishra, team leader of SRI-LMB project and her team, for her advice and suggestions for development of the concept note as well as Mr. Jan Willem Ketelaar at FAO RAP in BKK for his tireless advice during concept note formulation process and his approval of funds for these workshops, held within context of the FAO Trust Fund project GCP/RAS/288/AIT. Compiled by Viengxay PHOTAKOUN PMU of Country Coordinator 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Final National Workshop on Farmer Participatory Action Research (FPAR) was held in Lao Plaza Hotel Vientiane Capital on the 3rd August 2018. The workshop was organized by the Department of Technical Extension and Agricultural Processing (DTEAP) with technical and financial support provided by FAO-Trust Fund project GCP/RAS/288/AIT. The objective of the national workshop was to share FPAR knowledge and experience between and among provincial coordinators, district coordinators and farmer trainers. Representatives from other partners of the SRI-LMB project, including those involved in the FAO Save and Grow project as well as government staff of LPB and Xiengkhuang provinces, also participated in the workshop. The workshop agenda included a review of 2015-17 FPAR results, implementation challenges, opportunities, lessons learnt, recommendations and work plans for scaling up FPAR after the project finished. This workshop was attended by a total of 64 participants, including 17 women. The national workshop followed the implementation of provincial workshops during period 22 to 28 July 2018. During the provincial workshops, the provincial and district teams reviewed FPAR work and results in anticipation of a summary presentation to be prepared and delivered at the August National Workshop. The Final National Workshop of the SRI-LMB project in Laos demonstrated impressive results of the FPAR activities implemented from 2014 to 2018. All participants were interested in the presentations of the results on SRI practice based on SRI-LMB project interventions. Lessons learned from other projects, e.g. SRI Pro-net 21 from Luang Prabang province, SRI practice from Xiengkuang province, were also shared during the national workshop. In this Final Nation Workshop not only researchers, extensionists, donors and implementation partners attended but also champion farmers from various SRI-LMB project provinces and districts shared ideas and experience. They committed to increasing cooperation with each other to scale out and scale up SRI activities in the future. The workshop concluded with useful recommendations from Dr. Abha Mishra, team leader of SRI-LMB project, and Mr. Thongsavanh Phanthalavong DDG of DTEAP. The co-chairpersons of the workshop requested all PAFO, DAFO and Champion farmers to continue working with SRI activities. 3 Table of Contents 1. BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................. 5 2. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION....................................................................................................... 7 3. OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................................................... 7 4. OUTPUT ACHIEVED ....................................................................................................................... 8 5. ORGANIZING AND FUNDING ....................................................................................................... 8 6. DATES AND LOCATION ................................................................................................................. 9 7. SESSIONS, LEARNING AND OUTPUTS ...................................................................................... 9 8. LEARNING EXCHANGE SESSION: REVIEW ACTIVITIES of FPAR 2017 and SRI ACTIVITIES SHARING ................................................................................................................. 10 9. SUMMARY – LESSONS LEARENTAND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................... 18 10. SCALING OUT THE IMPACTS OF SRI-LMB ........................................................................... 19 11. PROPOSE IN THE NEXT PHASE ................................................................................................ 19 4 1. BACKGROUND The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, www.ait.asia) is leading a European Union-financed project entitled “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI-LMB: http://www.sri-lmb.ait.asia/), The project is implemented, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Oxfam America, SRI-Rice Cornell University in USA, the University of Queensland in Australia, government ministries and national universities of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand - AIT has been implementing a “more intelligent pathway” for cultivating healthy and profitable rice under climate change scenario. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is an emerging alternative set of principles and methods to conventional rice cultivation techniques that instills a social dimension to farming to produce healthy and profitable crops using less water and less seed, and through skillful management of plants, soils, water, nutrients, pests and labour. This Regional Project is being implemented in food-insecure rainfed rice production areas of the Lower Mekong River Basin countries. The objective is to develop location-specific practices using the principles of SRI and Farmer Field School platforms by initiating and facilitating farmers’ participatory action research. Documenting the results and sharing them with the immediate farming community and communities at large through an inclusive participatory process from local to national and regional level represents the core modus operandi of the project. The government policies within the context of sustainable agriculture development and climate-resilient, food-secure rainfed smallholder systems have been taken into consideration while designing the project activities. Evidence-based policy options for a better set of policies are being generated through a participatory consultation process working closely with all relevant stakeholders, including policy-makers in the country. Within the context of the project, a series of activities were undertaken in Lao PDR (in three selected provinces: Vientiane, Khammouan and Savannakhet) since June 2014. These included the scoping of problem identification, Baseline Survey, focused group discussion to collect information on the challenge faced and opportunities available to smallholder rice farmers, trainers and farmers. The baseline study was conducted in December 2014 in three selected provinces. A number of constraint related to rice crop management were identified in this 5 process which included the need to develop knowledge and capacity of farmers to improve rice productivity with sufficient quantity and ensuring quality as well by using appropriated techniques, practice, and organic manure production focusing on conservation of natural resources base, enhancing and sustaining soil fertility, and enhancing water management, using local wisdom and resources availabilities is foreseen as the key approach to address the small holder farmers. This is also important to address the challenge of providing alternative sources of making income for rain-fed farmers, and especially for the landless farmers, women and young farmers without leaving their home town.
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