Local Initiatives to link farmers to markets in upland Laos

Throughout Laos, local government and aid-supported rural development projects are promoting schemes to increase rural production. Only a few organizations have tried to tackle the difficult topic of mar-keting, which in many ways is the key to establishing long-term rural economic improvement in these areas. Local com-munities, companies, the government, and development projects are all becom-ing aware that they need to collaborate to find and share market information.