““I thought I could harvest more crops with minor effects,” admits PhaKaoveu Karjar, a farmer from Dongdan village in the district of Khoun. It was 1995, and the use of chemicals was popular among the farmers then. PhaKaoveu experienced good results in his first year of chemical application, however over the next nine years, he […]
““My family was trapped in poverty,” shares Laryer Law, a 27-year-old farmer who previously worked knitting Moung patterns. Facing job insecurity, she earned between 300,000 to 500,000 kips a month. At roughly USD14 to USD24, it was not enough for her family to live on. Like Laryer, Seephan Phengkamma experienced poverty, and would need help […]
