Target groups

The target groups are the:

a) farmer groups and extension services on one hand and

b) the small and medium agro-based enterprises and intermediary business organisations on the other. The action aims at building a knowledge base of best practices in conservation agriculture for a certain number of eco-friendly cash crops. Additionally this knowledge base will contain training modules on these practices addressed towards the farming community and the extension services.

Activities

The ORCATAD project aims to enhance the export capabilities of Lao PDR in the eco-friendly agricultural products by implementing a knowledge base on conservation agricultural practices. The project will also indulge in capacity building activities for farmers and extension services so that tangible and sustainable outcomes can be achieved. ORCATAD will also engage in communication and dissemination activities so that the results of the action can be well founded with the various stakeholders. The action will comprise of five main overlapping activities:

Activity 1: Project launch, preparation of a website and selection of field areas

Activity 2: Implementation of Conservation Techniques

Activity 3: Training of farmers and extension workers

Activity 4: Building of the knowledge base

Activity 5: Communication and Dissemination Activity.

The action spanning 30 months will draw from the local knowledge and IT&C capacities of the Asian partner NAFRI – Lao PDR,  the valuable agronomic expertise from CIRAD- France, and the communication expertise from Wageningen University – The Netherlands. This partnership will strengthen the existing EU-Asia cooperation..