Agro-ecological assessment of Phonxay district, Louang Phrabang province, Lao PDR

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When developing policies for agricultural land and land use planning, it is essential to have access to a land resource database. In Lao PDR, no such database previously existed, so we therefore attempted to make one and to implement its use by describing Phonxay District, Louang Phrabang Province, Lao PDR. Two growing period zones and 16 agro-ecological zones were mapped, in which seven of the zones had great potential for agricultural production. The constraint zones confirmed that 31.7 % of land in Phonxay was suitable for agriculture, being classified to zone of slight or no constrains. Bananas and pineapples suitability classification in the area corresponded well with the zones of no or slight constraint, and the agro-ecological zones suitable for agricultural production. The socio-economic comparisons of the district...