What we do
Sustainable Coffee Cultivation
The Uplao Coffee Project promotes sustainable alternatives for current destructive monocropping practices which causes deforestation, soil degradation, chemical pollution and a dependency on a single cash crop. Uplao Coffee Project aims to teach farmers how to improve their agricultural techniques and introduce them to alternative cash crops such as coffee.
The project aims to set up several high quality coffee plantations grown under compatible native fruit and nut trees, allowing for a diversity of cash crops. This can provide the local communities a sustainable, diverse, and alternative income for generations to follow.
Current Projects
The project aims to set up several high quality coffee plantations grown under compatible native fruit and nut trees, allowing for a diversity of cash crops. This can provide the local communities a sustainable, diverse, and alternative income for generations to follow.
Ecotourism Development
Want to explore and see our work yourself? Uplao works directly with regional ecotourism specialists on an ecotour coffee lovers experience in Northern Laos! Highlights include visiting the local farmers and their coffee plantations, hand picking coffee cherries, discovering the beautiful jungles of the adjacent Nam Ha National Protected Area and enjoying the hospitality of the local minorities during a homestay in one of the small villages.
Uplao works directly with the local communities and have set up a community based ecotourism system in the remote Namvang village, high in the mountains. Come with us and learn about both our coffee project and the cultures of the Hmong and Lahu ethnic minority people, all while experiencing the jungles and rural village life of Laos.
Uplao works directly with the local communities and have set up a community based ecotourism system in the remote Namvang village, high in the mountains. Come with us and learn about both our coffee project and the cultures of the Hmong and Lahu ethnic minority people, all while experiencing the jungles and rural village life of Laos.
Glocal Initiative
Uplao works to understand the impact of globalization on rural society in northern Laos. We want to both help improve local communities as well as preserve their unique history and culture. Uplao assists in this by offering a variety of other sustainable and local ideas to our communities, this ranges from local handicrafts and spirits to wildlife conservation.
We understand that the true caretakers and experts of Northern Lao are the amazing people of Laos themselves. We want to help each village individually, listening to their plans and ideas, working with them, not for them, in the path to a sustainable future.
Think globally and act locally
We understand that the true caretakers and experts of Northern Lao are the amazing people of Laos themselves. We want to help each village individually, listening to their plans and ideas, working with them, not for them, in the path to a sustainable future.
