Lao PDR | Agriculture Information Network Service v2.0

January 2022 Vol. 1, No. 2

This newsletter by the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program (SAFSP) presents the latest activities and developments in GMS agriculture cooperation. Read about how the ADB funded TA 9916 Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program (SAFSP) has been designed to assist the GMS countries to tackle key climate change challenges to their agricultural sectors, the latest knowledge product on COVID-19 Food Security Response and Recovery Actions in the GMS, progress on harmonized FSQ standards, and more.

COVID-19 Food Security Response and Recovery Actions in the GMS

COVID-19 represents an ongoing global threat to public health, but it has been especially disruptive to agri-food supply chains and smallholder livelihoods that are dependent upon them.

GMS Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program Newsletter

This newsletter by the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program (SAFSP) presents the latest activities and developments in GMS agriculture cooperation.

GMS Countries to Strengthen Regional Cooperation on Food Safety, Agriculture

Pu’er City, People’s Republic of China, (31 May 2018) - Senior agriculture officials from the six member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) agreed to increase regional cooperation in food safety, boost the trading of climate-friendly agriculture products and accelerate the implementation of the five-year GMS Strategy and Siem Reap Action Plan endorsed by the Second GMS Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting.

GMS Value Chain Strategy and Siem Reap Action Plan 2018-2022

Geographical Indications (GI) and the GMS

What do French Champagne, Italian Parmesan cheese, Japanese Kobe beef, and Indian Darjeeling Tea have in common? They are all protected by Geographical Indications (GI), which allow them to distinguish themselves and to be sought after by customers the world over. What is a geographical indication (GI)?

Organic food production and the Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS)

Small farmers and primary producers are the starting point of the food supply chain. In the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), some 60% of the region’s 340 million smallholder farmers are engaged in small-scale agriculture and many are switching from growing rice to producing fruits and vegetables to obtain higher incomes.

Traceability Capacity Building Training

6th GMS Summit of Leaders (GMS6)

The summit is the highest forum in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program where the leaders from the six GMS countries can (i) review and assess the progress made under the program; (ii) renew their commitment to subregional cooperation and its goals; (iii) provide support at the highest political level to the program, its projects, and activities; and (iv) provide broad directions for landmark or key initiatives under the GMS Program. GMS summits are normally held every 3 years.