The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the sustainable improvement of food security in Lao PDR and Cambodia by building the capacity of target beneficiaries to increase food production and to diversify income generating activities. The specific objective is to improve the nutrition of rural poor Indigenous people and Ethnic minorities in Attapeu and Ratanakiri provinces by diversifying and increasing the quantity and quality of food production for 20,000 poor households through appropriate technologies. The target group is composed of 20,000 poor smallholder farmers, mainly from ethnic minorities and indigenous people groups. Final beneficiaries include 100,000 poor consumers in Ratanakiri, Attapeu and surrounding provinces.