WHAT ARE OUR STRATEGIES?

General objectives of the project:
- Improve farmers’ income; reduce poverty in mountainous areas of Thanh Hóa through increase of area, yield, quality as well as added value of bamboo luong.
- Create jobs and strengthen local small enterprises,
- Farmers’ groups, input practices to ensure sustainability and environment protection.

Phase 1: (completed)
• Gather small luong producers of Thanh Hóa to effectively meet increasing demand of luong products, as well as help them to fulfil requirements of traceability of Western markets. • Build luong nurseries for good seedlings with high survival rate.

Phase 2 (4/2007- 3/2010)
• Develop processing chain, diversify products, improve competitiveness, achieve high added value thanks to maximum use of the luong culms.
• Create favourable environment for activities of luong growers and processing enterprises through appropriate and specific policies.
• Ensure higher income for luong growers from selling luong thanks to proper management of luong plantations, so that only mature culms with good quality are sold.