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Food Security in Lao People's Democratic Republic: An Assessment of the Prevailing Situation and the Government's Food Security Regime∗

Food Security in Lao People's Democratic Republic: An Assessment of the Prevailing Situation and... Asia-Pacific Journal <~(Rural Development Vol.Vil. July 1997. No. I Practitioners' Papers Food Security in Lao People's Democratic Republic: An Assessment of the Prevailing Situation and the Government's Food Security Regime· T/1c paper seeks to present the existing fond scrnrity sit11atinn in Lan PDR. It also l"<'<'ICll'S the prcl'ailillg fond security regime- gol'cmmcnt's plans and policies, embracing micro, macro and 111eso aspects of.fond security regime in Lao POR. The Paper explicitly states that tlzc attainment of food sccunty alollg with tlzc desired structuml tra1Zsfon1111tion of the economy, as one of the main policy objcdii•es of the Goucn1111c11t of Lao. However, the rnrrent food security situation in the country is _fi1r from bei11g optimal. A i•ast popidation of the co1111try arc blighted 1P1th absolute pnl'Crty and arc exposed lo scuerc food insecurity: Also, a higher incidence of regional disparity coupled with sel'erc uulnerability of the women, worsens the existing sub-optimal food security situatwn. vV/1ilc identifi;ing the major causes for the cxistmg 11on-opti111al food sccurzty situation in the countn;, it identzfics both the structural and 1zon-structuml bottlenecks. The paper also presents the broad dimensions of gouemmcnt's plans and polines for attaining the desired fGod security within a mediwlz term perspective. hz this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development SAGE

Food Security in Lao People's Democratic Republic: An Assessment of the Prevailing Situation and the Government's Food Security Regime∗

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Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development , Volume 7 (1): 20 – Jul 1, 1997
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© 1997 Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
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Asia-Pacific Journal <~(Rural Development Vol.Vil. July 1997. No. I Practitioners' Papers Food Security in Lao People's Democratic Republic: An Assessment of the Prevailing Situation and the Government's Food Security Regime· T/1c paper seeks to present the existing fond scrnrity sit11atinn in Lan PDR. It also l"<'<'ICll'S the prcl'ailillg fond security regime- gol'cmmcnt's plans and policies, embracing micro, macro and 111eso aspects of.fond security regime in Lao POR. The Paper explicitly states that tlzc attainment of food sccunty alollg with tlzc desired structuml tra1Zsfon1111tion of the economy, as one of the main policy objcdii•es of the Goucn1111c11t of Lao. However, the rnrrent food security situation in the country is _fi1r from bei11g optimal. A i•ast popidation of the co1111try arc blighted 1P1th absolute pnl'Crty and arc exposed lo scuerc food insecurity: Also, a higher incidence of regional disparity coupled with sel'erc uulnerability of the women, worsens the existing sub-optimal food security situatwn. vV/1ilc identifi;ing the major causes for the cxistmg 11on-opti111al food sccurzty situation in the countn;, it identzfics both the structural and 1zon-structuml bottlenecks. The paper also presents the broad dimensions of gouemmcnt's plans and polines for attaining the desired fGod security within a mediwlz term perspective. hz this

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