IDP Rice Sanamxay Village, Pakse City, Champasak Province Lao PDR Contact: Pasongsin Khamchanxana Tel: +85620 95736766 Email: [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sanamxay District in Attapeu Province, the severely dam collapse affected zone in Laos, is the first organic rice production area of IDP Champasak, Lao PDR (Feb 2, 2019), IDP had surveyed the appropriate areas for organic rice production in 2015 and found that Sanamxay, a district with many minorities of upland ethnic group working as farmers and having a traditional way of farming, has huge rice fields suitable for organic rice planting. “It was unexpected for us to see a lot of rice fields in Sanamxay district” said the Deputy Manager of Purchase department. Rice fields in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province The landscape of Sanamxay is very unique, it looks like a pot where rice fields are in the middle and surrounded by mountains. With traditional way of extensive farming, IDP do not significantly change the techniques of farmers. “We do not change the rice farming techniques of farmers here, we let them do what they generally do but the only challenge of farmers is record keeping as some could not even speak Lao language”. However, IDP has a special team established in Sanamxay district to help farmers doing some record and follow up. Despite being flashed away in July 2018 due to dam collapse in some villages, the areas remained good and are still certified as organic area. Page 1 of 2 Indochina Development Partners Lao (IDP) is a rice milling Company which is located in Southern Laos, with four rice mills operating in Savannakhet and Champasak province. In addition to the rice mills, the Company also has a seed center that produces high quality seeds for its farmers. The goal of IDP is to have a long-term relationship with Lao farmers and produce high quality rice that meets the requirement of international markets. For more information, please visit IDP website: www.idp-laos.com, facebook: https://www.facebook.com/idp.laos/ Contact: Email: [email protected] Tel: +856 20 95736766, Fax: +856 31 214 857 ### Page 2 of 2 .