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Standard Project Report 2016
The villagers started to borrow rice and some already paid it back immediately following the harvest. Previously,
when the villagers ran out of food, they worked in the factory or on the plantations, which took them away from
working their own fields. This year, thanks to the rice bank, the villagers no longer worried about rice shortages
during this critical period.
Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA)
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