Posts Tagged ‘Oudomxay’
May 22nd, 2013
Vientiane Times, 21 May, 2013
Rubber processing factories in Oudomxay province are facing unexpected problems because China is not allowing the import of rubber from Laos at the moment, causing large amounts of the material to remain in stock. Sino-Lao Rubber Company Director Mr Oun told the media recently that, after the company had invested in the building of a rubber processing factory, they encountered an export problem when China refused to allow imports of their rubber, forcing the factory to hold 270 tonnes of processed rubber, worth over one billion kip, in stock.
May 1st, 2013
 Growing bananas under a contract farming arrangement with a Chinese company. Photo from Phongsaly Province (2012). Vientiane Times, 1 May, 2013
Oudomxay provincial authorities will not issue new investment licenses for the plantation of bananas for export. The decision to impose the ban has been made after banana growing has caused negative impacts to the environment and a reduction in rice production in the province.
Deputy Head of the Provincial Agriculture and Foresty Department Mr Souvik Chanthayod told the Vientiane Timesthis week that the provincial authority has already banned new banana investment projects for two years.
February 17th, 2012
Vientiane Time, February 17, 2012
The capacity for commercial agriculture plantations to alleviate poverty in rural areas of Laos must increasingly be weighed against the potential impacts on ecosystem services, sustainability of land resources and traditional livelihoods.
The National Economic Research Institute (NERI) yesterday presented the results from a study on the economic valuation of ecosystem services for sustainable land use at a national policy workshop in Vientiane. The case study compared both the financial returns and the environmental costs of different land uses such as non-timber forest products collection, upland rice farming and maize and rubber plantations in Oudomxay province.
Posted in Agriculture and agribusiness / ກະສິກໍາ ແລະ ທຸລະກິດກະສິກຳ, English Language / ພາສາອັງກິດ, Land use planning and tenure / ການວາງແຜນການນຳໃຊ້ທີ່ດິນ ແລະ ການຄອບຄອງ, Rubber, bio-fuel and other commodities / ຢາງພາລາ, ເຊື້ອໄຟຊີວະພາບ ແລະ ສິນຄ້າອື່ນໆ 
Tags: maize, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Planning and Investment, MoNRE, National Assembly, NERI, Oudomxay, rubber 
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January 3rd, 2012
 Another rubber concession has been approved despite concerns over the environmental impacts caused by industrial tree plantations. Photo from Sekong province; clearing land for a rubber concession. Vientiane Times, January 3, 2012
The government has allocated another sizeable area of land for a Vietnamese firm to grow rubber trees despite concerns over the environmental impacts caused by industrial tree plantations. Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dr Akhom Tounalom on Friday signed a 40-year land concession for the Lao-Viet joint venture to grow rubber trees on 131 plots of land totaling 4,739 hectares. Senior officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment were present at the agreement signing in Vientiane.
Posted in English Language / ພາສາອັງກິດ, Investment and concessions / ການລົງທຶນ ແລະ ການສຳປະທານ, Rubber, bio-fuel and other commodities / ຢາງພາລາ, ເຊື້ອໄຟຊີວະພາບ ແລະ ສິນຄ້າອື່ນໆ
Tags: Champasak, corn, eucalyptus, Ministry of Finance, MoNRE, Oudomxay, rubber, Saravan, Vietnam, Xieng Khuang
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