Houaphanh Lessons For Sangthong

Houaphanh experiences in

bamboo value chain

GDG-SNV-WWF

Sangthong-Kamkeut exchange workshop

Sangthong district, June 23, 2009

2Title of presentation (change in master layout)


• Houaphanh and why bamboo?• Bamboo bottlenecks• Interventions• Lessons

Overview presentation


Houaphanh and why bamboo?

• Huge market (USD 7 billion)

• Large resource base (500,000 ha)

• Key Lao export product (USD 2 million)

• Potential benefits 70% population

• Huge potential for value adding

• Strong link to tourism sector

• Large partnership potential


Bamboo bottlenecks

• Weak private sector

• Overregulation

• Lack of business service providers

• Low productivity due lack of

technology a/o innovation

• Poor information flow

• Little opportunities for networking

• Little incentives for sustainable

management

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Bamboo Factory

Houaphanh government

Bamboo producers

MarketSupply

Bamboo intervention modelBamboo intervention model

Processing

profitincome

development

Enabling environment


Present interventions

Enabling environment -> Awareness raising

Multi stakeholder workshops: bamboo vision, SMEPDO Producers -> Business development with communities

Stimulate learning (exchange handicraft groups) Design training: product development Introduce appropriate technology

Private sector -> Win-win business model development

Business model/plan development with communities


Our lessons

• Identify natural leaders to move foreward, local

innovators • Build confidence while learning in the field to

create motivation• Keep diversifying, products and markets, the

markets change continuously


Question to you to consider

• Which actor in the value chain can we do

without? • Who makes things work? • Why?

Does this help??


Any

questions?


Thank you

Houaphanh Lessons For Sangthong

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