Regional network to strengthen agriculture in Laos

A workshop on “Network for Agriculture and Rural Development Think-tanks for Countries in the Mekong sub-region” provided a platform for stakeholders to discuss their work plans.

The workshop took place on Wednesday and was chaired by the Deputy Director General of the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Dr Chanhsamone Phongoudome, and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) representative in Hanoi, Vietnam, Mr Nguyen Thanh Tung.

The objective of the workshop was to provide an opportunity for NARDT country stakeholders to discuss and gain a better understanding of NARDT’s mandate, project organisational structure, technical design and operational mechanism to achieve the overall objective of the project.

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