Final Technical Report - weADAPT

Table 15: National Level Measures for Managing Climate Risks
Measure Objective Current Implementation Effectiveness Enabling and limiting factors
Financial support
Lao PDR: Limited – limited institutional
infrastructure
arrangement and local cultural influence.
Support in transition
to a more diversified
farming system
Funding to assist
reinvestment in
farming /
sustaining
livelihood
Sustained farming
practice
Thailand: Common practice.
Vietnam: Moderate.
Lao PDR: Limited - due to limited know-how
and resources. Livelihoods also sustained by
reliance on ecosystem products.
Thailand: Limited – Expanding farming sector
driven towards mono-cropping by the market.
Low in Lao PDR. Moderate
in Vietnam. High in
Thailand.
Low in Lao PDR. Moderate
in Thailand and Vietnam.
• Sufficient funding
• Mechanism to reach and
allocate available funds to
the farmers in need
• Terms and conditions of
loan
• Budget
• Know how transfer
Support in transition
to other plants
Sustained farming
practice
Vietnam: N.A.
Lao PDR: Limited - need for focus on
rice farming to provide food security.
Thailand: Moderate - but limited to small
farmland owners.
Low in Lao PDR and
Vietnam. Moderate in
Thailand.
• Budget
• Know how transfer
• Soil property
Support in marketing
village products
Income
diversification
Vietnam: Limited - need for focus on rice
farming for food security.
Lao PDR: Limited - market structure.
Thailand: Moderate
Low in Lao PDR and
Vietnam. Moderate in
Thailand.
• Appropriate marketing mix
• Mechanism to develop a
sustained market
R & D - new seed
varieties
Sustain farming
Vietnam: N.A.
Lao PDR: Moderate - need to develop knowhow.
Thailand: Common practice.
Low in Lao PDR. Moderate
in Thailand and Vietnam.
• Budget
• Time
• Technology
Infrastructure
development - dams,
Sustain farming
Vietnam: Common practice.
Lao PDR: Limited - limited investment
capacity.
Moderate • Budget
• Geographical conditions
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