Laos approves study on new rice cultivation methods

Vanthieng Phommasourin (right) shakes hands with Khamtanh Khamphanh after signing the Memorandum of Understanding. - VT

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is partnering with Rice Farming Initiative Sole Co., Ltd. in a feasibility study on Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) rice planting methodology and carbon generation.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the study was signed in Vientiane last week by the Deputy Director General of the Agriculture Department, Vanthieng Phommasourin, and the President of Rice Farming Initiative Sole Co, Ltd, Khamtanh Khamphanh.