Activity
Duration
1. Review and develop an operational strategy, mechanism and material supports for establishing soil doctor program. This also includes organization of inception workshop and implementation of the operational strategy throughout the project.
(consisting of various sub-activities such as 1) preparation of guidelines for the development and promotion of the soil doctor project in the sub-region; 2) Review the limitations and the needs for building a soil doctor network in the sub-region as well as policies and existing networks of agricultural cooperation of member countries; 3) formulation of strategies to promote the soil doctor networks and guidelines for supporting sustainable land and agricultural management through a soil doctor network; and 4) selection oforganization/agencies joining the project both at the national and sub-regional level, etc.)
2. Organizing meetings/workshops to discuss capacity building, knowledge exchang, technology, and implementation of strategies for developing and promoting soil doctor networks in the Lancang-Mekong sub-region.
(consisting of sub-activities such as 1) expert meetings, 2) agricultural officerstrainings, 3) farmers(soil doctors)workshops, and 4) selecting pilot areas of each member country for the implementation of the project)
3. Exchange of knowledge, technology and best practices of land and agriculture management in the Lancang-Mekong sub-region.
(consisting of sub-activities such as 1) collecting, studyingand exchanging knowledge and best soil management measures from the member countries; 2) establishing and developing a knowledge platform to support the project operation and soil doctor network and 3) developing a soil doctor network. specify measures, approaches, or technologies to address land degradation problems, etc.)
4. Dissemination of knowledge through various media including scientific equipment and tools
(consisting of sub-activities such as 1) creating channels and outreach media such as websites/web pages,poster and printed media, digital media and exhibitions, etc. 2) Makingequipment such as scientific devices, simple soil analysis kits, maps, manuals, applications, etc.)