Climate change awareness in Lao People's Democratic Republic
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FAO ; Alliance of Bioversity International/CIAT ; Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Lao People's Democratic Republic ;
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The booklet presents the result of a survey on climate change perception by households undertaken by the project “Strengthening Agro-climatic Monitoring and Information Systems (SAMIS) to improve adaptation to climate change and food security in Lao People's Democratic Republic”. The booklet presents the methodology used to collect and analyze the data and the information on the socio-economic profile of selected villages. After that, the booklet describes the perception of climate change by households, the effects of climate change on the respondents’ livelihood. Further to that, solutions applied to extreme weather events were assessed, as well as the effects of extreme weather. The present data are made public to help design programs on weather and climate information, as well as information and education campaigns about climate change and government services for farmers. The main beneficiary of this booklet should be the donor and international agency communities, as well as the government officials in charge of farmers’ extension.