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SPIEEP: End of Project ReportHarvest results and discussionFor a list of yields (kg dry weight) please refer to appendix 13. The table reflects allcrops grown during the project (including Actiso) except those introduced at thebeginning of the second year. Harvest for those crops introduced in the second year hadnot yet occurred at the time of publication of this report.Correlation of the yields with market prices (appendix 10) will give an indication of theincome generated by medicinal plants for each farmer over the duration of the projectAs can be seen from appendix 13 for virtually all crops, other than Lao quan thao, yieldhas increased from year 1 to year 2. For many farmers, this is partially attributable to anincrease in the number of sao grown ( appendix 12). However, for many other farmerstheir crop sizes remained the same for the second year as the first so an increase couldeither indicate better physical conditions (generally weather) for those particular crops,greater knowledge with regards medicinal plant cultivation or a greater effort withregards crop maintenance; or a combination of the above points. Several new cropsintroduced for the second year of the project have not yet been harvested (bar Actiso, Sito and Dang sam for which results are given) as they are perennial and may be harvestedmuch later. Che xanh is also perennial and although this crop should generally beharvested after three years of growth, small-scale early harvesting was possible thoughmainly for personal use.However, for the most widely planted crop (by project farmers), Lao quan thao, almostentirely across the board yield for the second year was lower than that for the first. Therewere a number of problems experienced (see section ??) but by far the greatest factorinfluencing yield was weather conditions over the year.Only two farmers (N.N.Hai and T.T.Hoi) used animal manure as a fertiliser and this toois reflected in the results.Harvested Lao quan thao dryingoutside at the Medicinal Plants CentreActiso being bundled for dryingFrontier Vietnam Environment Research Report 23 26