Lower Mekong Food Security Database

Project Information

The project's overall objectives included:

• Improve the household food security in the Northern Highlands through a more productive and sustainable use of natural resources;
• Promote institutional development; and
• Enhance the capacities of the provincial and district authorities to identify and provide practical technical solutions to the priorities of the rural communities
  

The immediate objectives was to enable the residents of poor upland villages in 17 rural districts of Son La and Lai Chau to achieve a sustainable increase in food production, supplementary income, and social infrastructure through an interactive participation of villagers and local authorities to strengthen their ability to foster rural-based development in an efficient and effective manner

The expected outputs included:

• Agriculture development
• Forest protection and regeneration
• Village education
• Road improvement
• Village water supply
• Community based drug treatment.

Project Locations

Lao Cai, Son La