| Project Detail |
Support smallholder farmers and farmers’ organizations in the co-development of sustainable value chains of bamboo and rattan, guaranteeing sustainable forest management and generating an enabling policy environment.
Target groups Direct beneficiaries are:
3’500 bamboo producers, organized in producer groups in 80 villages
Bamboo Service Organization (BSO)
Farmers’ organizations
30 Small and Medium Enterprises having activities in marketing and processing
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), department of Forestry (DoF)
Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office (PAFO), Houaphanh Province
Indirect beneficiaries are:
Neighboring upland communities
Private sector development actors
Medium-term outcomes Outcome 1: The bamboo sector in Houaphanh Province is consolidated and sustained through the creation of a “Bamboo Service Organization” and through the strengthening of farmers’ organizations, as part of the "Provincial Development Strategy for the Bamboo Value Chain Sector 2016-2020 " Outcome 2: A multi-actor process of a "National Strategy on Bamboo and Rattan" is promoted and supported, based on the experience in Houaphanh and in cooperation with other stakeholders. |
