Establishing a Sustainable Production System for Rattan Products in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Producing a sustainable rattan chair
In a nutshell
The "Sustainable Rattan Industries" project aims to boost the export of sustainable rattan products from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
By 2015, the project envisions that at least 50% of rattan processing in the region is sustainable, leading to environmental improvements, strengthened competitiveness, poverty alleviation and national economic benefits.
The SWITCH-Asia project trains villagers in harvesting sustainable rattan and producing sustainable furniture. Linking local producers with global value chains creates new local income opportunities and employment The objective: poverty alleviation and protection of natural resources at the same time. The project involves all actors in the rattan supply chain.
- planting seedlings
- sustainable harvest
- processing rattan
- weaving rattan chairs
- production of furniture
- sale of sustainable products