A short term target of this project, is to start a pilot on Organic rice, on approximately 500 hectares of cultivated land, in south Laos, that should be, prior to plantation, certified by ECOCERT (URMATT’s Organic Certification Organism partner). URMATT and SNMRPEP, shall concentrate on rice, for this first trial, targeting the coming harvest of November, using available seeds and category of rice traditionally planted by SNRMPEP selected farmers.