BACKGROUND

MELA committee prioritize three themes to be reviewed and planned to be shared on Agroecology, Climate Change and Digitalization during the following 2024 regional exchange workshop. The committee also appointed The Field Alliance (TFA), as the secretariat while Vietnam representative volunteered to request permission from the government to be the host of the 2024 MELA regional exchange workshop.

During the course, Lao Upland Rural Advisory Services (LURAS) project, TFA and the Vietnamese Department of the Agricultural Extension and Training, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, Vietnam and MELA committee has been meeting periodically to coordinate the organization of the 2024 MELA regional exchange workshop to the final date.