Experts from the Lao National Institute for Economic Research (NIER) have cited research findings highlighting the challenges facing the development of agricultural cooperatives and the need for the government’s policy support to drive farmer group production.
NIER in cooperation with the Department of Rural Development and Cooperatives, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry held a seminar yesterday in Vientiane detailing the preliminary research findings on the development of agricultural cooperatives in Laos, which was attended by NIER acting director Kham Ouan Khamphoukeo.