This practical guide has been developed for development practitioners and those wishing to develop such value chains. It provides “key methods” based on the analysis of the experiences derived from developing the bamboo sector in Houaphan Province, a mountainous province situated in the northeast of Laos. These lessons learned and experiences, cumulated since 2010, has been documented within this guide by Sara Melki (Project manager) and the “Bamboo” project Team. Culminating from the efforts of Gret, together with villagers and provincial authorities, this guide is a reflection of how this rocess was conducted, experienced and perceived in the field.