Nongphouvieng village in Vientiane province is famous for its pigs. It is an ideal site for biogas projects, as the pig dung could be used for biogas production. Twenty per cent of the households in Nongphouvieng has domestic biogas digesters installed either by Chinese pilot project implemented in 2005, or by Netherlands development organisation SNV Read more about Biogas fieldvisit in Nongphouvieng[…]

The master´s thesis “Impact of micro hydropower (MHP) based rural electrification on rural livelihoods: Case study Nam Mong in Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR” is completed. Many changes having direct effects to villagers´lives were identified after electrification . The obtained changes seen in the villages were grouped according to sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) to asset, Read more about Nam Mong revisited[…]