12 PhD students who are conducting researches on various topics related to agroecology and food system in Cambodia, Laos , Vietnam, and Thailand  have gathered to present their unique studies in 2023's PhD Days.The PhD Days, co-hosted by Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions (ASSET) Project, Agroecology in Southeast Asia (ASEA), and Market and Agricultural Linking Chains in Asia (Malica), aims to present and discuss the remarkable diversity of subjects and disciplinary approaches and to strengthen the student network working on agroecology & food systems in South East Asia.Soil health, crop health, farming system design, intervention mechanisms, and the food system and market are discussed throughout the conference. This going on gathering highlights the importance of context-specific concepts in sustainable agriculture by providing a forum for information sharing, teamwork, and creative problem-solving.

All presentations are available HERE

DAY 1: Thursday 15th June 2023 - Morning

Session 1- Soil health 

• Cropping systems impacts on soil health and environmental services - Sambo Pheap
• In vitro potential of cavalcade leaf aqueous extracts for controlling Hirschmanniella mucronata and Meloidogyne graminicola - Natthidech Beesa
• Quantify past and present SOC loss due LULC change in Cambodia and Laos for major LULC-trajectories - Myriam Allo

Session 2- Crop health

• Identification and bioecological studies of pests of the Helicopter flower, Hiptage benghalensis (Malpighioceae) for biological control of invasive plant. - Lam Thi Xuan Mai

DAY 1: Thursday 15th June 2023 - Afternoon

Special session: Awareness creation on Inter and Trans-Disciplinarity

Session 3 - Farming systems design 

• Multi-criteria analysis of soil cover management practices in rubber cultivation systems - Charlotte Simon
• Contributions of crop-livestock integration to the sustainability of agricultural systems in the context of specialization in Vietnam - Alice Le Trouher
• Agro-ecological performance and sustainability of smallholder crop-livestock farming systems in Vietnam - Khanh Thuy Dinh 

DAY 2: Friday 16th June 2023 - Morning

Session 4 - Intervention mechanisms

• Identifying and designing incentive mechanisms to support the agroecological transition in Cambodia towards sustainable and resilient agricultural systems - Alexia Dayet
• Measuring agroecology intensity through focus group discussions: a case study in Xiengkhouang province, Lao PDR - Zar Chi Aye

DAY 2: Friday 16th June 2023 - Afternoon

Session 5 - Food system and market

• Agroecological Food systems in Xieng Khouang Province, Laos - Maiyer Xiong
• Assessing the social and economic sustainability of food system transformations based on agroecology in Vietnam - Hoang Thuy Tien 
• Assessing the impacts of conventional plough-based management and no-till cropping systems on soil organic C dynamics & GHG in the uplands of Cambodia - Leng Vira
• Special working session: Data exchange