Land- and forest-based investments in Lao PDR: Practices and perspectives 3 Methodology RECOFTC and Land Equity International identified 37 agriculture and forest investors that are representative of the national context in terms of the diversity of their business models, commodities produced, end markets, geographies of operation and business origins (see table 1 and figure 1). [...] Clusters of investors The diversity of the 37 investors included in the survey enabled RECOFTC and Land Equity International to group the investors into five relatively homogenous clusters based on their size, duration of operation in Lao PDR and production system. [...] Less than 15 percent of the investors are conserving natural resources (by promoting ecotourism); practising climate-smart production (through greenhouse and organic production of vegetable and tree fruit), practising agroforestry and polyculture (intercropping with big trees), using wastewater (according to the standards of the Provincial Office of Natural Resources and Environment) or practising. [...] Only 15 percent of the investors are supporting the formation of producers’ groups; Land- and forest-based investments in Lao PDR: Practices and perspectives Findings: Investor practices 22 applying supply chain controls with a traceability system; providing seedlings and fertilizers to farmers; addressing barriers to participation in the value chain; and promoting food and nutritional security, s. [...] Overview of investors’ contributions to the wider society, with examples of practices adopted in each of 15 categories Green indicates that 70 percent of investors in the cluster are adopting practices in a category.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction 5
- Methodology 7
- Clusters of investors 9
- Findings: Investor practices 12
- Practices contributing to good governance 12
- Practices contributing to environmental stewardship 16
- Practices contributing to local development 21
- Practices contributing to the wider society 27
- Summary of all progress in each cluster 31
- Findings: Future perspectives 33
- Support and incentives that each cluster requires 34
- Endnotes 36
- References 37
- Annex 1 Sectoral context for key commodities 38
- Cassava value chain 39
- Coffee value chain 41
- Rubber value chain 43
- Timber value chain 44
- Annex 2 Investors’ perspectives 47
- A. Good governance 47
- B. Environmental stewardship 50
- C. Local development 51
- D. Benefits to the wider society 52
