Agriculture and forestry education instrumental for supporting family farming in the Lao PDR.

The comparative and competitive advantages of investing in Laos, as outlined by the DDFI, are: Political, economic and financial stability; Abundant water resources, rich mineral resources and plentiful productive land; Inexpensive land, labour and energy costs; Location in an economic growth area, sharing borders with Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and China,and access to the ASEAN market with the population of 500 million.