This paper draws on ongoing research in Laos, where improved concession inventory efforts have helped stimulate a wide-ranging debate (both in and out of government) about the country’s stillopaque processes of concession taxation. Using the rubber sector, this paper examines a pair of concession-taxation strategies that have been pursued to varying degrees both in Laos and more broadly:

Helvetas blog post with some surprising facts about cinnamon and about how international cooperation efforts can improve the lives of smallholder farmers and their natural environment.

Evaluation of the effect of integrating soil inputs in conservation tillage on yield and yield stability in Meru South, Upper Eastern Kenya, for eleven consecutive cropping seasons.

Syngenta Foundation is facilitating the adoption of a new yellow maize variety that is revolutionizing maize production in Mali due to remarkable yields increases