Lao People's Democratic Republic : Policy, Market and Agriculture Transition in the Northern Uplands

Lao People's Democratic Republic : Policy, Market and Agriculture Transition in the Northern Uplands

This report presents policy, market, and agriculture transition in the Northern Uplands of Lao People's Democratic Republic aims to contribute to such a dialogue by providing: (a) a policy-relevant typology of the structural characteristics an...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Agricultural Study
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL CROPS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES ANIMAL BREEDING ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANIMALS AQUACULTURE ARABLE LAND BEANS BIODIVERSITY CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CASH CROPS CASSAVA COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION COMMERCIAL CROPS COMMERCIALIZATION COMMODITY COMMON LAND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPOST CONCESSION CONSERVATION OF FORESTS CONTRACT FARMING CONTRACT FARMING ARRANGEMENTS COOPERATIVES CORN COTTON CROP CROP RESIDUES CROP ROTATION CROPLAND CROPPING CULTIVATED AREA CULTIVATION PRACTICES DECENTRALIZATION DEFORESTATION DEGRADATION DROUGHTS DRY SEASON DRY SEASONS ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECOSYSTEMS EGGS ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EUCALYPTUS EXPENDITURES EXTENSION FALLOW LAND FALLOW LANDS FARM FARM INCOME FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FEED FERTILIZER FERTILIZERS FIELD WORK FISH FISHERIES FOOD CROPS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FOREST FOREST ALLOCATION FOREST AREAS FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST GRAZING FOREST INVENTORIES FOREST LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FOREST TREES FOREST VEGETATION FORESTRY FORESTRY LAND FORESTRY OFFICES FORESTRY PRODUCTION FORESTRY PRODUCTS FORESTRY RESEARCH FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTRY SECTOR STRATEGY FORESTS FRUIT TREES FRUITS GARDENING GARDENS GRASSES GRAZING GROUNDNUT HARVESTING HEAVY USE OF PESTICIDES HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES HORTICULTURE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUNTING IMPORTS INCOME GENERATION INCOMES INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATION INTERCROPPING LABOR FORCE LAND ACCESS LAND ALLOCATION LAND CONVERSION PROGRAM LAND DEGRADATION LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND HOLDINGS LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PRACTICES LAND USE SYSTEM LEGUMES LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOGGING MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MARKETING MEAT MULCH NATIONAL FORESTS NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL REGENERATION NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TECHNOLOGIES OPIUM ORCHARDS ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ORGANIC COFFEE OVERGRAZING PADDY PEANUTS PERENNIAL CROPS PESTICIDE PLANTATIONS PLANTING PLOWING POPULATION DENSITIES POULTRY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INCIDENCE PRIMARY FORESTS PRIVATE GOODS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION OF GOODS PRODUCTION PATTERNS PRODUCTION SYSTEM PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY STANDARDS RAINFOREST RAINFORESTS REFORESTATION REGENERATION RESOURCE USE RICE RICE CULTIVATION RICE PRODUCTION RICE VARIETIES RUMINANT LIVESTOCK RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY RURAL PROGRAM SAVINGS SECONDARY FORESTS SEED SEED VARIETIES SEEDS SERICULTURE SESAME SHIFTING CULTIVATION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY SOILS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TEA TIMBER TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS TIMBER INDUSTRY TIMBER SALES TREE CROPS TREE PLANTATIONS TREES TUBERS VEGETABLES VEGETATION WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WOOD WOOD PROCESSING YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/10647271/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-policy-market-agriculture-transition-northern-uplands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7774

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Summary:	This report presents policy, market, and agriculture transition in the Northern Uplands of Lao People's Democratic Republic aims to contribute to such a dialogue by providing: (a) a policy-relevant typology of the structural characteristics and transition patterns of the principal small-holder agriculture systems in the Northern Uplands; and (b) recommendations to strengthen Government's facilitation of a more sustainable and equitable upland transition. The report also provides input into the ongoing dialogue under the umbrella of the joint Government-donor working group on uplands. Chapter two sets out a typology of traditional and emerging agriculture production systems in the Northern Uplands as a starting point of the report. Chapter three summarizes the Government's upland and agriculture development-related policy framework. Chapter four provides an overview of the market impacts currently at work in the Northern Uplands. Chapter five discusses the transition dynamics and pathways of individual agricultural production systems and outcomes. It also includes some considerations on the winners and losers in the upland transition and on the sustainability within the emerging production patterns. Chapter six concludes with recommended options for policy adjustments and support interventions to help facilitate the transition process.

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