brief
Laos
asti country brief | 2019 | Pages: 10
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Citation
Stads, Gert-Jan; Vongsipasom, Phonepaseuth; Omot, Norah; Pham, Nguyen Thi; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; and Bouahom, Bounthong. 2019. Laos. ASTI Country Brief December 2019. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions; National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute. https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/134057
Agricultural R&D capacity in Laos has risen steadily over time, but R&D expenditures have exhibited an erratic trend in recent years. In 2017, the country invested only 0.26 percent of its AgGDP in agricultural research.