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The Climate REAL project, implemented by FAO with financial support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency is teaching farmers techniques and offering tools to allow for successful farming in both the rainy and dry seasons. FAO/Bounmee MaokhamphiouDeep in his heart, La Xayyavieng says he has “always known that agriculture is the lifeline for us to survive and to grow.”
But as things have turned out, La himself is already creating the change. He’s increased the family’s income by 160 percent in just one season, thanks to a bumper watermelon crop—and without needing to set foot outside his country. But the FAO project opened up new perspectives, demonstrating that successful vegetable farming could happen in both the rainy and dry seasons.
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