Analysis of utilization of non timber forest product by rural farm household: case study of xaybuathong District, Central Lao

Farming system is strongly influenced by the external rural environment, including policies and institutions, markets and information linkages (FAO and World Bank, 2001: 9). Beets (1990: 163) has pointed out three main factors which influence the farming system as following: physical and biological factors, socio-cultural and socioeconomic factors, and political and institutional factors.