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Supporting & Promoting Sustainable Agriculture & Participatory Community Development in Lao PDR Since 1991 |
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SAEDA OBJECTIVES1. Improve the living standards of vulnerable Lao families and communities, with a special focus on women, youth and ethnic groups struggling with food security and poverty.
2. Improve knowledge and understanding of sustainable agriculture, methodologies & related socio-economic environmental benefits
3. Safeguard the environment, natural resources and biodiversity
4. Support the creation of a sustainable development partner network inside and outside the country to share & exchange lessons & experiences in the fields of sustainable agriculture, environment, natural resource management & participatory socio-economic community development.
5. Improve collaboration between Lao Government development extension workers & ministries, NGO’s, Civil Society Associations, and poverty afflicted Lao communities in order to support the effective and practical implementation of the Lao Government’s development and poverty alleviation policies and strategies, by introducing and promoting proven, viable & sustainable eco-friendly and people friendly alternatives.
6. Support Lao PDR to attain its Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) and implement it’s National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP) & National Growth Poverty Eradication Strategy (NGPES) |
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SAEDA STRATEGIES
1. Develop using participatory community approaches, relevant & innovative, environmentally sound, gender inclusive projects & activities which include vocational training workshops focusing on building the capacity of our target groups in the areas of sustainable integrated organic agriculture, natural resource, land and biodiversity management, chemical impact awareness, as well socio-economic community development.
2. Target both formal & informal educational institutions, in order to promote environmentally sound sustainable community development, by providing relevant skills training to a future generation, equipped to not only help solve problems but also prevent more problems from exacerbating current environmental & socio-economic hazards.
3. Produce and disseminate relevant information resources and instructional tools in Lao and other local languages
4. Facilitate access to information & exchange of resources between governmental & non-governmental development extension workers, concerned development agencies & interested persons via various public networks, including media outlets, open source online resource library databases, websites, audio-visual tool production & distribution, exchange workshops, public advocacy campaigns, field training, and study tours
5. Strengthen existing governmental & non governmental partnerships while establishing new ones in the areas of integrated sustainable agriculture, environment & natural resource management, and socio-economic community development in order to improve and diversify outreach, share and exchange lessons, ensure well coordinated, measurable, effective, relevant sustainable impact
6. Organize village level farmer groups, develop and promote farmer associations and collaborations nationally and internationally, in order to promote farmer exchange and to support organic fair-trade market/sale opportunities inside & outside of Lao PDR.
7. Conduct ongoing research and critical analysis of target group & area needs in relation to development trends at the national, provincial, district and communal levels in order to better assess opportunities and challenges in the short and long term. |
SAEDA MISSIONSAEDA aspires to promote sustainable food security & support poverty alleviation, through gender inclusive, environmentally sound, participatory community approaches |