To support the evidence based selection of a target district in Luang Prabang Province TABI complied the best available national level data as input to the district selection workshop involving a number of national and local stakeholders.
Among other factors Phonexay district was chosen as it has an above average poverty rate (55%), the ecosystem present in this district are representative for the entire province, and as the processes related to increased rural accessibility and the related landscape transformation processes are, compared to the large shares of the province, rather at an early stage.

As an entry point for developing District Agrobiodiversity Action Plan for the district, TABI applied the Agro-Ecosystems Analysis (AEA) methodology. AEA is an interdisciplinary and holistic analysis and planning methodology which involved a number of methods and involves a wide array of stakeholders.

The Phonexay AEA used a number of participatory tools to analyse spatial, temporal, social and economic patterns in regard to resource use and local livelihoods. The outputs of these tools were then used to identify key issues relevant to agrobiodiversity and poverty, and these were elaborated to form the basis for planning TABI interventions.
One of the main outputs of the AEA is the joint identification of key issues to be addressed by TABI over the next years in Phoenxay.
For more information: AEA report of Phonexay district.

 

• Basemaps for Phonexay District, Luang Prabang Province
  

Type of map	Thumbnails
Topography
Elevation
ALOS 2009 Imagery
Landcover 2009
Agroecosystems Typology
Sub-catchment
WSC: Watershed Classification

 

• LandSat Imagery

Type of map	Thumbnails
Landsat TM 92/93
Landsat ETM 2001/02
SPOT 2001