HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOW 2017-05-22 Item 2B - Powerpoint Presentation Shown at Meeting - International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Fellow: Douangsila Thipphaphone from LaosLaos
Presented by: Thipphaphone Douangsila
1. General Information
➢ Capital city: Vientiane capital
➢ Population : 6.8 million (2015)
➢ Areas: 236,800 km2
➢ Ethnicity : 49 ethnic groups (4
langua groups: Lao -Tai
(majo ity), Mon - Khmer, Hmong -Iu
Mie and Chine - Tibetan)
Of'icial Language: Lao
dministrative division: 17
rovinces, 141 districts, and
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2. Legal structure
Legal structure
Legislative Branch
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Head of the State
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4. Landscape
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5. Role of Agriculture in Laos
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sector for sustainable
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6. Agricultural land
About 4.5 million ha (19% of the total land area) are allocated for agriculture
Of these, 2.5 million ha (10 %) have been used for agriculture
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Agricultural Land Use
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5. Vegetables
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Agricultural land is allocated by basing
on the geographical characteristic of 3
main areas :
1) Low lane : about 100-300 m above the sea
level
2) Upland: higher than 500 m from the sea
level.
3) High land: about 500 m from the sea
level
Lowland
About 100 — 300 above the sea level .
1.5 million ha used for Agriculture
Rain -fed lowland
1. Total areas: 694,665
ha
2. Yield : 3.88 ton /ha
Constraints:
1. Drought
2. Insects
3. Weeds
4. Snails
Irrigated lowland
1. Total areas: 112,365 ha
2. Yield : 4.82 ton /ha
Constraints:
1. Weeds
2. Drought
3. Insects
4. High cost : fertilizer and
water
5. Labors shortage
About 300 — 500 m from the sea level
0.74 million ha used for Agriculture
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Production:
1. Total areas: 107,510 ha
2. Yield : 1.9 ton /ha
3. Farm size: 1 ha /hh
4. Fallow period: 3 years
1. Weeds
2. Rodents
3. Insufficient rainfall
4. Land availability,
5. Insects
6. Labor shortage
Highland
Above 500 m from the sea level
0.17 million ha used for Agriculture
Production:
1. Yield : 20,000 ton /year
2. Coffee types: Robusta
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7. Agricultural Sector
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
Several departments
Provincial Agricultural and
Forestry office
District Agricultural and
Forestry office
Village levels
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8. Department of Agricultural Land
Management (DALaM)
Major Works
1. Survey, Classification, and Land Used
Planning Work.
2. Agricultural Land Management Work.
3. Agricultural Land Conservation and
Development of Work.
4. Personnel Capacity Building and
Development Work.
9. Lesson learnt from U.S local government
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Participatory process
Online accessible information
Learning places for students
Collaborating, Regionally to Compete.
Session
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9. Lesson learnt from U.S local government
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m■ Partnership with all sectors and
surrounding cities
Partnership with surrounding cities
■Active volunteering citizen for the
community
Lesson learnt from U.S local government