SAF VISION

The Sustainable Agriculture Forum aims to improve the lives and livelihoods of the Lao people in their struggle to achieve food security and break persistent poverty. SAF aims to do this by promoting and introducing environmentally sound, low cost, sustainable, gender inclusive, socio-economic community development participatory approaches and agriculture techniques, with the goal to promote individual and communal self reliance and independence.

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SAF MISSION

The SAF Mission is to promote and support:

1.Support vulnerable Lao communities and people, with a special focus o n women, youth and ethnic minorities struggling with food security and poverty

2.Improve through relevant & innovative, environmentally sound, gender inclusive training workshops, the capacity of our target groups in the areas of sustainable integrated organic agriculture, natural resource, land and biodiversity management, as well socio-economic community development in order to alleviate poverty, promote food security and overall community health & well being in the short & long term

3. The creation of development partner networks inside and outside the country to share and to exchange lessons and experiences in the field of sustainable agriculture, environment, natural resource management & socio-economic community development

4.Develop and promote farmer associations and collaborations nationally and internationally, in order to promote farmer exchange and to develop organic fair-trade market/sale opportunities inside & outside of Lao PDR

5.To improve collaboration between Lao Government development extension workers & ministries, NGO’s, Civil Society Associations, and poverty afflicted Lao communities in order to strengthen links, increase dialogue and access to information & training, in an effort to support the effective and practical implementation of Lao Government development and poverty alleviation policies and strategies.

6.Support the socio-economic development of Lao by introducing and   promoting proven, viable & sustainable, eco-friendly and people friendly socio-economic agricultural development alternatives