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Post Harvest Practices in Lao PDR

Post Harvest Practices in Lao PDR. Presentation Prepared for the Training Course on “Post Harvest Practices” 28 March-8 April 2011 Mekong Institute, Khon Kaen, Thailand By Lao Participants. Geographical Location. China (505 km in the north). Vietnam (2,069 km in the east). Myanmar

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Post Harvest Practices in Lao PDR

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  1. Post Harvest Practicesin Lao PDR Presentation Prepared for theTraining Course on “Post Harvest Practices” 28 March-8 April 2011 Mekong Institute, Khon Kaen, Thailand By Lao Participants

  2. Geographical Location China (505 km in the north) Vietnam (2,069 km in the east) Myanmar (236 km in the north west) Cambodia (435 km in the south) Thailand (1,835 km in the west) DLF profile and Developement

  3. Population: 6,6 million Area: 236,800 Km2 Population density: 27 per Km2 49 Ethnic minority groups Land-locked country 2/3 of country mountainous; 1/3 plain and plateau Rivers: Mekong and over 10 tributaries Forest cover: 54% Rainfall: 1700-2200 mm General Info

  4. 80% of the Lao population practice farming mostly in rural areas In 2009, economic growth was 7.9%: agriculture = 44.3% of GDP; industry = 30% manufacturing & services = 25.7%; Main Export: Gold, copper, electricity, wood products. Export agricultural produces: coffee, corn, rice and ….vegetables/fruits. Key Economic Factors

  5. Statistic of Rice & some selected major crops production in Lao PDR

  6. The Dual Rural Economy The Lowlands • Transformation Started • Commercial factor and product markets operating • Beginning of farming systems diversification The Uplands • Subsistence rural economy • Limited markets • Rural poverty • Traditional farming systems

  7. Rice in the plain areas

  8. CORN in North West

  9. Coffee in Boloven Plateau

  10. Vegetables and Fruits Highlands/ Boloven Plateau

  11. POST HARVEST TRADITIONAL PRACTICES FOR MAIN CROPS (Rice, corn, coffee and vegetables)

  12. POST HARVEST TRADITIONAL PRACTICES FOR RICE Post harvest loss: about 20%

  13. Harvest by hand

  14. Threshing

  15. Paddy drying and grading

  16. Storage at farm level

  17. Ricemill

  18. POST HARVEST TRADITIONAL PRACTICES FOR FEED CORN Post harvest loss: ?

  19. Corn Seedling Equipment

  20. Corn Field

  21. Peeling/Milling

  22. Corn Drying

  23. Corn for sale

  24. POST HARVEST TRADITIONAL PRACTICES FOR COFFEE Post harvest loss: ?

  25. Coffee saplings

  26. Arabica Cherries

  27. Semi-wet beans processing

  28. Drying of coffee beans

  29. Drying of coffee beans

  30. POST HARVEST TRADITIONAL PRACTICES FOR OKRA Post harvest loss: ?

  31. Okra plantation

  32. Okra Fruits

  33. Okra Packaging Facility

  34. POST HARVEST TRADITIONAL PRACTICES CASE OF CABBAGE FROM CHAMPASSACK PROVINCE

  35. Farmer Group Applications: Cabbages in Champasak Vang Tao Market • Suppliers: • 13 villages: 2 large farmer groups; about 150 families • Products: Cabbage & Chinese Cabbage • Production inputs: Seed, fertilizer • Exporters: local Markets: • Ubon, Thailand • Vientiane Agricultural Primary Market Pakxong District Key factors: • Long term relationships => trust • Credit in kind <=> commodities for trading • District initiatives: • organize & register farmer groups • arrange credit • organize primary market

  36. USE OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY

  37. CULTIVATION PRACTICES

  38. Transport from plantation to point of collection

  39. Operations at point of collection

  40. From point of collection to domestic market

  41. From point of collection to border market

  42. Border market operation: unloading/packaging/weighing

  43. Border market operation: loading to Thai trucks

  44. Thai trucks heading to Thai markets

  45. And to the table of MI

  46. Similar operations for Banana

  47. Similar operations for

  48. The way ahead • Improvement of legal framework • Improvement of logistics • Clean/organic agriculture • Niche market

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