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This paper presents soil property maps predicted on a 100m grid covering the northern provinces of Lao PDR. The properties predicted can be used to answer the question “what can this soil do?”, which describes the soil’s capability. Using the properties describing the soil’s capability and condition provides an opportunity to produce suitability maps, illustrated here using maize and rubber.
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Photo: J. Saunders
Photo: J. Saunders
An Evidence Gap Map of the impact of past interventions on food security is available here. We use the Evidence Gap Map (EGM) framework to assess what can be learned from past interventions regarding their impact on food security in the north of Lao PDR over the last 10 years. The FSNU EGM maps interventions by type, intended outcomes and type of evidence of impact presented. Only two interventions used counterfactual analysis, and in a substantial number of cases the impact of the intervention cannot be assessed using before-and-after comparisons. The implication is that the true impact on food security of a large number of interventions will never be known.
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Photo: J. Saunders
Market integration is an important factor in ensuring that price changes in one market are transferred to another market. If markets are integrated, then those markets with no food scarcity will be able to respond to the price signals of the markets where there is local food scarcity, thus reducing price volatility and reducing the incidence of hunger. In this study we investigate the extent to which seven provincial food markets in Lao PDR are integrated, and which factors influence the degree of integration. We find that meat markets are more likely to be integrated than rice markets, and that the major factors which influence the degree of integration differ between commodities.
Funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) is gratefully acknowledged.
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