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Building mycological capacity for sustainable resource management in Laos

Building mycological capacity for sustainable resource management in Laos

Mrs Toulaphone Keokene and Ms Chittarhat Khonesavanh at Craigiebuckler
“Consumption of wild mushrooms is very popular in Laos and so a great deal of them is harvested each year. At the same time, we lack adequate information about fungi. This project will allow us to start accumulating that data

A research project that aims to develop mycological capacity and promote sustainable resource management in the Lao People's Democratic Republic has made significant progress, with two researchers from the National University of Laos (NUoL) and the country’s Plant Protection Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, undergoing training at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen for a period of ten weeks.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute