Lao PDR - Rural life - Cash crops

Growing chillies for export to China in the Tai Lue ethnic minority village of Ban Nawai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.

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Growing chillies for export to China in the Tai Lue ethnic minority village of Ban Nawai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.