Thanks to its close partnerships with Laotian structures, IRD is providing equipment to the DALaM research centre and to the MouNoy Dev straat-up.
As part of the long-term collaboration between IRD (UMR iEES-Paris et GET) and its Lao partners, The French Research Institute donated research/production equipment in January 2022 to two local structures. A soil sampling kit was given to the Center of Soil, Plant and Fertilizer analyses of the Department of Agricultural Land Management, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (DALaM).
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Remise d’un kit d’échantillonnage des sols par Alain Pierret et Norbert Silvera (iEES Paris, équipe CoMiC DCFE et équipe F2ZC Sols_ZC) avec Xaysatith Souliyavongsa et Vansouk Chaisaosulipon(DALaM).© IRD Laos
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The close relationship between Lao partners and IRD has resulted in the implementation of several partnership instruments such as JEAI-EcoRubber, LMI LUSES, and more recently PSF-Sud AgreesLao, GDRI CompacSol, as well as CZO M-TROPICS and SEALNET.
A 3D printer was also offered to the electronics and IT development start-up MouNoy Dev.