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Rural Development in Mountainous Ares of Northern Lao PDR (RDMA)

This research could not have been conducted without the backing and cooperation from Centre for Research and Information on Land and Natural Resources (CRILNR), National Land ...

While there has been an increase in awareness about issues around ethnic equity and sensitivity in Laos over the last twenty years, the overall situation is still of great conc...

Chinese companies have played a key role in the development of the plantation in-dustry and other agribusiness sectors (rubber, corn, sugarcane, cassava, banana, watermelon, e...

Lao PDR is a large country compared to its population. The landscape is rich in natural resources, providing people a place to live and raw materials for production. Well-manage...

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a land-locked, ethnically diverse and mountainous country with an estimated population at 6.8 million. It has the distinctio...

Lao PDR is largely an agrarian society and its agro-biodiversity resources not only support national social and economic development generally, but also underpin rural livelihoo...

The key objectives of the workshop were:To learn from the experience of other countries how they have dealt with the question of state, private and community ownership over land...

In-depth case study of a series of households that began use of mechanized seeding, measuring impact on agricultural output.

The main objective of the study is to better understand how rubber is being planted in Phonexay and Namo districts and the emerging challenges and opportunities for smallholder ...

SDC GEED Workshop29 – 31 July, 2014 Outline Schedule for Distribution

Upland communities in Laos have the benefit of access to relatively large tracts of land, compared with neighboring countries.Yet these communities use their resources mainly f...

Decree on Procurement, Construction, Repairs and Service of State Savings (revised)

The objective is to make agricultural sector growth ensuring bot quantity and quality of products with focus on the domestic, regional and international markets, through the c...

This article aims to describe the historical changes in the land tenure system in Laos, mainly driven by the LTP and LFA, with a focus on the associated changes in the level of ...

Primer on assessing and minimizing risks to agricultural production in Laos

The commercial transition is changing livelihood options for non-participating subsistence farmers.Declining land availability changes what and how households produce food. Decl...

Women's rights to be issued on land titles

This Study is part of a series of Land Policy Studies conducted in preparation of acoherent and comprehensive “National Land Policy Statement for Lao PDR”.

This brief identifies the drivers of change in rural land use in the northern uplands, the main relevant government policies and programs and key land issues and challenges.