Storybook: The Year the Cold Didn’t Come
Through this storybook, IFAD seeks to highlight the impact of climate change in Lao PDR, where those affected the most are rural people, especially women, children and ethnic minorities.
ASPIRE implemented a demand-driven approach to agricultural extension services, fostering innovation through new policies and strategies. By building the capacity of farmers, the private sector and NGOs with context-relevant agricultural knowledge, the project created an enabling environment for change.
This resulted in an expansion of public investments in irrigation infrastructure and improved water management; clean energy-powered equipment; natural resource management; erosion control; forest replanting; and disaster preparation.
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