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In the context of a global rush for natural resources, the Northern Uplands of Laos have been regarded as one of the last resource frontiers to be incorporated into the regional...

Phou San Wild Tea is named after Phou San Mountain (2,218 m.a.s.l.) which is located in an area of unique biodiversity in the upland areas of Paek district, northern Xieng Kho...

Allocation of forest management has created two positive impacts: protecting the environment, improving livelihoods, and providing compensation for villagers who are well-organized

Since 2000, land deals across all sectors of the Lao economy have increased by 50-fold, and are conservatively estimated to cover more than 1.1 million ha, or 5 percent of Lao t...

t is notably argued that forest clearing increases rainfall runoff which, in turn, fosters soil erosion. Increased runoff also alters hydrological regimes and increases the fr...

In urban areas, the state’s water suppliers are private companies. On the plains where the state’s major agricultural production is concentrated, irrigation water supply is ...

This paper recounts a story that is both old and new - a story of U.S. bombing of Laos during the Indochina War and how it came to affect one young volunteer, namely, myself.

finding: Commercial agriculture have mixed results. Most of the commodities produced are for regional markets. The traditional distinction between “uplands” and “lowlands” is no...

Although recent media reports of a perceived “skills problem” in Lao PDR have spurred an in-tense focus on the role of the education sector in creating the right skills, this fo...

Four value chains are developed: Handicraft products for domestic market and export, using different species of bamboo.Slats and sticks for export to Vietnam. Fresh kh...

Smallholder-based production with low productivity; minimal farmer experience with modern agriculture technologies and marketing, Post-harvest loss still high and lack of value-...

This paper shows how land concessions in Laos, and global land grabbing more broadly, can be analyzed through various lenses of accumulation-, dispossession- and exclusion-orie...

A presentation of research findings regarding Chinese tree plantation concessions in the Lao PDR

This paper aims to provide policy makers with an analysis of information recently gathered in Laos concerning land concessions, hoping to assist them in their decision making.

Recently, as the Bolaven Plateau has been socio-spatially reconfigured to accommodate new, non-smallholder coffee commodity chains, the prospects for moving toward an alternat...

To investigate the socio-economic impacts of recent development and the economic environment, including trade liberalization on upland agriculture at the village level. To iden...

The notification has been made to provincial and municipal agriculture and forestry departments to strictly monitor the import of goods.

the economic activities in Northern Laos are a form of unregulated frontier capitalism. The available evidence presented in this paper provides a differe nt picture. In fact t...

Sustainable management of land resources has been recognized as one of the most important conditions for eradicating poverty and promoting inclusive socioeconomic development, e...

The training outcome is very satisfactory. Participants actively involve in the training activities and discussion. They contribute their knowledge and real-life lessons from th...