National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute

06/03/2026

35th Aniversery celebration of Laos and Australia on agricultural research cooperation

05/06/2025

Congratulations!!

[English below]
ວັນທີ 5 ມິຖຸນາ, ສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງວັນສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມໂລກ 2025 ພາຍໃຕ້ຫົວຂໍ້ "ຢຸດມົນລະພິດພລາສຕິກ"!

ຮ່ວມກັນ, ພວກເຮົາສາມາດສ້າງອະນາຄົດທີ່ດີກວ່າບ່ອນທີ່ທໍາມະຊາດທີ່ສະອາດຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອຊຸມຊົນ ແລະໃຫ້ອາຫານທີ່ພຽງພໍ ແລະ ປອດໄພແກ່ທຸກຄົນໃນ ສປປ ລາວ.

ຄະຢອງ ມີ - ຄິມ
ຜູ້ຕາງໜ້າ ອົງການອາຫານ ແລະ ການກະເສດ ແຫ່ງສະຫະປະຊາຊາດ ປະຈຳ ສປປ ລາວ
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5th June, we celebrate World Environment Day 2025 under the theme "Ending Plastic Pollution"!

“Together, we can stop plastic pollution. Together, we can build a better future where clean nature helps communities and gives everyone enough and safe food in Lao People's Democratic Republic”

Kyung Mee-Kim
FAO Representative to Lao People's Democratic Republic



United Nations in Lao PDR | Social Environmental Education and Development - SEED

14/08/2024

21/04/2023

NAFRI highlights future upland development will likely be influenced by factors such as infrastructure development, shifting agricultural practices, climate change, and governance and policy frameworks among others.

22/03/2023

NAFRI-CMF inked an agreement to strengthen research corroboration by exchanging and sharing research results and researchers through seminars, hosting conferences, and site visits.

22/03/2023

Seminar workshop on Promoting Sustainable Rubber Development in the Lower Mekong Region was held on 17 March 2023, Vientiane, Lao PDR at NAFRI meeting Hall
which aim to share and discuss the latest research results and outputs related to rubber plantation and its impacts on the environment and socio-economic development in the lower Mekong region and this workshop exchange knowledge and information on best practices, strategies, technologies, and policies related to the sustainable management and utilization of rubber plantation and its impacts on the environment and socio-economic development in the region. This will allow participants to identify key challenges and solutions that can help achieve sustainable rubber plantation practice in the lower Mekong region. Participants from the rubber industry, policy makers and decision makers, researchers, and other stakeholders from the relevant sectors , as well as representatives and experts from governments, NGOs, universities, and research institutions. hosted by National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) Laos, and Center for Mountain Future (CMF), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

25/10/2022

As a partner of the World contribution to hunger reduction 2022

19/08/2022

We are a family of food security and sustainable development

𝐑𝐃𝐀-𝐀𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐈, 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐈 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲

The Rural Development Administration (RDA) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Royal Government of Bhutan will be hosting the Sixth Asian Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (AFACI) General Assembly in Thimphu, Bhutan from August 29 to 31, 2022.

Serving as the biennial convention of the 15 member countries, the event entails the discussion and knowledge-sharing of technologies that address emerging agricultural issues in the Asian region.

It also serves as a venue for reviewing and evaluating existing regulations, selecting new officials, and determining new projects for AFACI.

For the incoming sixth GA, member countries and partner organizations will be enjoined to take a stronger commitment to the UN SDG Goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and all forms of malnutrition by 2030 through a joint resolution on food security.

Another significant highlight will be the approval of the country membership of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Asian Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (AFACI) is an inter-governmental and multilateral cooperation program of RDA that supports developing and disseminating agricultural technologies to promote sustainable food production and boost economic opportunities in the Asian region.

Current AFACI member countries include Korea, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

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