The project targets poor upland farmers living in the three poorest districts of Bac Kan Province, in northern Viet Nam. Most of the farmers are members of the Nung, Dao, Mong and Tay ethnic minority groups. The province, which has limited agricultural land and rugged mountainous terrain, has the highest incidence of poverty in the country. Forestry resources are relatively undeveloped and there is significant potential for developing the livestock industry, aquaculture and tourism.
The project will help farmers in poor communities in upland areas whose livelihood depend on cultivating hillside slopes and collecting non-timber forest products on the small areas of forest land allotted to them. It aims to benefit poor farmers by enabling greater equity in the allocation of forest land development of more sustainable hillside farming systems diversification of income-generating opportunities piloting payment for environmental services.
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