Constraints / Challenges 

• Lao PDR has limited tea culture. Lao people are not well versed in the health-giving benefits of drinking tea.
• Lao PDR has limited human resources with experience in tea production, especially in the processing, evaluating and quality check stages. 
• There is currently no extension action plan specifically focused on tea and tea products. In general, there is a lack of knowledge on the tea sector and tea resources of Laos. 
• Tea of low price and quality is imported from neighboring countries. 
• Although sun-dried tea is sold to the tea market in Yunnan, there are few business links to other markets and knowledge of Lao tea in the global tea market is limited. 
• The tea sector of Lao PDR is still small although development has now started.

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