Realizing such opportunity, and with cooperation from the department of production, Nagnobay Bank and Lao Development Bank, we encourage and conduct training workshops for local villagers who are interested in Cassava plantation and capital sourcing techniques. We specifically set up a cassava plantation promotion project, and a lot of villagers have become members.
Our cassava plantation promotion approach follow 2+3 formula; that is villagers account for plantation soil and labor while the investing companies are responsible for soil preparation, seed provision, technical assistance and buying of the product. We see ourselves making a contribution to the effort by the Lao government to rid its people from poverty.
Tapioca can be adapted into various products such as, seasoning power, 90 degree alcohol, candies, sweet, glue, noodles, white noodles, food seasoning, and it can be used in industrial factories in producing paper composites, cloth and others.
The left over cassava from the tapioca production process is used to produce fertilizer and food extract for live stocks.
Our efforts to ease and facilitate the cassava plantation result in an increasing number of villagers engaging in this plantation as individuals and groups.
In the near future, we have plan to open larger factories to accommodate increasing cassava yield from villagers.
