tailieunhanh - Rubber Boom in Luang Namtha A Transnational Perspective

The perennial crop sector in Southeast Asia illustrates the plantation model of large-scale farming. Malaysia and Indonesia produce nearly 90 percent of the world’s palm oil, production of which has expanded rapidly in response to growing global demand for edible oils and strong government support. In Indonesia, planted area more than doubled from about million ha in 1997 to million ha in 2007. In contrast to annual crops, oil palm is highly labor intensive and the industry is estimated to have created an estimated to 3 million jobs. Smallholders participate usually in association with plantations. Given. | Rural Development in Mountainous Areas of Northern Lao PDR Component 1 Natural Resource Management and Local and Regional Economic Development Rubber Boom in Luang Namtha A Transnational Perspective Weiyi Shi gtz February 2008 Contents Executive 1 Previous The scope of this Geographic Approach and Data reliability and study 2 The Rubber Landscape in Luang 3 Why Rubber Why Now .17 Lao government s direct promotion and indirect Regional market The Chinese government s active Villagers 4 Rubber Opium Replacement and Zou Chu Qu .23 Brief history of opium In the broader context of Zou Chu Qu .23 How it Potential concerns with 5 Typology of Rubber Investments in Luang Rubber planting on concessioned Contract farming with large formal How are contracts made .33 Does 2 3 really work .34 Perils of the top-down Contract farming with small informal Villagers own investments and cooperation with phii-nong .44 A summary of 6 Transnational Business Typology of Chinese communities in the context of rubber How do the transnational networks work .50 7 The Cross-Border Market 8 One Border Two Countries One Path .57 Overview of rubber cultivation in Comparing Luang Namtha to 9 Issues Recommendations and the Role for Development Summary of issues and Contract Land and forestry i Other issues and The evolving role of development Appendix 1 List of villages Appendix 2 Questionnaire for village level data .