News
IWMI conducts grassroots consultation on irrigated groundwater management in Lao PDR
The meeting is part of a bottom-up approach to ensuring coherent policies on the use of water resources in agriculture.
Support for sub-sector working group on irrigation in Laos
Support for Secretariat Role for the Sub-Sector Working Group on Irrigation (SSWG-IR) in Laos PDR.)
Groundwater resource management in Lao
Support for the Management of Groundwater Resources in Lao PDR
CGIAR Initiative: National policies and strategies
National Policies and Strategies for Food, Land and Water Systems Transformation
Workshop on Support for the Management of Groundwater Resources for Lao PDR
The workshop will share sustainable groundwater management plans and a roadmap for effective groundwater management in Laos.
Podcasts
Episode 6: Lao’s Policy Pathways
Discover the challenges and solutions for sustainable development in landlocked Laos with Policy Pathways' penultimate episode.
Blogs
What is good for fish, is good for people and planet
The Mekong fishery is at a tipping point. Integrating fish into agricultural landscapes may be the sustainable way forward.
Podcasts
Episode 1: Introducing… Policy Pathways
Researchers introduce the series and explain what a 'policy pathway' is.
News
New podcast explores policy coherence and system transformation in food, land and water
Policy Pathways, produced by IWMI, examines policies for sustainable development and climate resilience in six countries.
Blogs
Report on polluting effects of commercial banana farming can steer greener policies across the Mekong region
New report makes recommendations aimed at helping authorities limit contamination from pesticides to acceptable levels based on the known risks to environmental and human health.
Blogs
Why the young aspire to leave agriculture behind
Often, migration is an adaptation strategy, and a myriad of factors shape whether a person undertakes a journey to a new city in search of opportunity.
Blogs
How a dry village got its feet wet
As Laos seeks to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods, while adapting agriculture to climate change impacts, the potential of groundwater irrigation can only grow. Lessons learned from IWMI’s pilot study should prove valuable for helping realize this potential.
Blogs
At the World Water Forum 2018
The vital importance of the concept for effective water governance is the key message of a side event being held at the 8th World Water Forum.
News
Resource sharing for dry season crops: a tale of the village pond
A village pond could provide the people of Ban Phailom in Laos with the much-needed water for their vegetables during the dry season but resource access is a serious concern. How were they able to sort out the problem?
News
Firstscience.com: IWMI signs MOU with Government of LAO PDR for better management of water and land resources
Vientiane,Lao PDR, March 3 2010. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Government of Lao PDR today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...