This manual was supported by GIZ, SIDA and JICA in order to develop a joint approach for participatory land use planning (PLUP ) in Laos. A technichal working group with representatives of the responsible governmental entities (NAFRI, NAFES, DoF, NLMA) elaborated this manual. Numerous stakeholders have been consulted during the course representing government agencies, development programs projects and INGOs. The ocbjective of the manual was to document improved approaches and procedures that can be used for future participatory forest and agricultural land use planning (PLUP) at village and village cluster levels, and in a range of different situations in the Lao PDR.
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The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute was established under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to consolidate agriculture and forestry research activities within the country and develop a coordinated National Agriculture and Forestry Research System.