Food from Northern Laos The Boat Landing Cookbook
Food from Northern Laos: The Boat Landing Cookbook is the child of the confluence of the skills, knowledge and abilities of these special friends. Dorothy has brought her love of cooking and cookbooks, Kees his photography and Joy her talent for cooking. Pawn and I have contributed our abilities to eat and critique. My passion […]
Folk Epidemiology Recorded in Palm Leaf Manuscripts of Laos
In an effort to preserve traditional medicine knowledge and to uncover information about disease patterns and treatment in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), linguistic experts have scanned centuries-old medical palm leaf manuscripts for disease entries. A list of more than 7000 diseases has resulted, shedding valuable light onto the medical history and traditional medicine […]
Marketing potential of Lao Forest Honey: Prospects for a “healthy” future
MAIN MESSAGES The perceived health benefits and natural quality of Lao Forest Honey provide a marketing advantage over other competitors in the country and the region, where honey is predominantly used for health. Strengthen Lao Honey’s image and brand as pure forest honey in the domestic and export markets through (1) a national standard, (2) […]
Systematics, Ecology and Management of Rattans in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, The Biological Bases of Sustainable Use
Rattans are spiny, climbing palms in the subfamily Calamoideae. There are over 550 different species of rattan belonging to 12 genera distributed throughout the Old World tropics (Dransfield et al. 2008). Rattan palms are used for a variety of subsistence purposes, e.g. cordages, basketry, food, medicine, and thatch, and the flexible stem, or canes, form […]
