Technical assistance to MAF-AFD
In the framework of the contract AFD/DOE/NAT/ARB/2019-012, related to a technical assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Lao PDR on sustainable irrigated agriculture development, the consultant team produced the following documents :
-a Concept-note on integrated water resources management for a sustainable irrigated agriculture
-a Master plan layout, detailing how to traduce the concept note in a concrete plan involving the various departments of the MAF and other ministries.
The concept-note has been prepared by International Office for Water and the layout of Master Plan by Mr Inpasith Thathongsakd, national expert reclulted for the project. Both were procuded in close collaboration with MAF partners.
Specific tasks for the International experts
- Meet with relevant authorities
- Review relevant legal and planning documents related to irrigation and water management
- Draft a Concept-note on integrated water resources management for a sustainable irrigated agriculture, developing the needs for a new national strategy on this matter, and including relevant examples of countries facing similar challenges
In order to prepare the concept-note, 2 missions have been carried out in Vientiane with French experts (August and September 2019). During these one-week missions, the following Lao institutions have been met:
MAF/Vice-Minister Mr Phouang Parisak Pravongviengkham, twice
MAF/Task Force, three times
MAF/Department of Irrigation (DoI), twice
MAF/Department of Policy and Legal Affairs (DoPLA), twice
MAF/Department of Agriculture Extension and Agro-Processing (DAEAP)
MAF/Department of Forestry (DoF)
MAF/Department of Planning and Finance (DoPF)
MAF/Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM)
MAF/National Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI)
MAF/Department of crops production (DOA)