Meung Tea Producers Cooperative (MTPC)
Meung (Bokeo) · North · Laos
Civic foodCommons and belonging2022 (fábrica, 2017-2018)
A cooperative of Hmong, Khmu, Akha and Lahu smallholders that jointly processes tea from old gardens and forests. It grew out of a land dispute: according to a consultancy involved, if the community factory failed the community forest would go to Chinese investors for bananas, and the villages gained communal use rights. In 2023 it obtained EU organic certification and a contract with Ethiquable. Only its supporters write about it, no one explains how it is governed and there is no news since November 2023.
- Led by
- Growers from six Meung villages, with the Lao association MHP and the MRLG programme; later the AFD-funded Mekong Tea project, run by the Ministry of Agriculture with Gret, AVSF and LCG
- Status
- Unknown
- Participation
- Community led
- Visitable
- No, it is a cooperative
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Noticia del Gret sobre las nuevas perspectivas de la cooperativa de té de Meung (2023) ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Gret
- Ficha del proyecto Mekong Tea (2023) ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Gret, proyecto Mekong Tea
- Artículo sobre la cooperativa de té de Bokeo y la lucha por la tierra (2020) ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Land Equity (consultora que participó)
- Artículo sobre el té de las mesetas de Bokeo y Sayabouri (2021) ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Gavroche Thaïlande