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Table 1: Statistical Profiles of Borikhamxai, Vientiane and Vientiane Capital ProvincesBorikhamxai Vientiane VientianeCapitalTotal provincial population 177,878 396,842 283,837Female share of total provincial population 49.7% 50.3% 52.1%Total agricultural households in the province 33,207 70,197 55,712Female headed households as percentage of 4.8% 3.4% 8.0%total agricultural households in the provincePercentage of female agricultural household 68% 68.7% 83%members 10 years and older that can readand write without difficultyPercentage of male agricultural householdmembers 10 years and older that can readand write without difficulty83.6% 85.4% 92%Number of agricultural investment projectsin the province (including industrial treecrops)Land concession areas of agriculturalinvestment projects in the province(including for industrial tree crops)16 domesticand 16 FDI(including 3joint ventures)– establishedbetween 1996and 2011.37,782 haallocated (for21 of theabovementionedprojects only,ranging from31.9 ha to25,000 ha) butonly 12,925 haunderproduction.No dataavailable.57 domestic and 37 FDI(including at least 14 jointventures) – establishedbetween 2004 and 2011.3,387 ha allocated anddocumented (for 26 of theabove-mentioned projectsonly, ranging from 87 ha to500 ha). Data on areaunder production notavailable. Separate reportof around 11,000 ha ofland concessions allocatedto three cases of FDI, butnot all with documentsapproved.494 FDI(including jointventures –establishedbetween 2000and 2011.No dataavailable.Total land concessions in the province293,487 ha No dataavailable.Total land area of the province 1,557,700 ha 1,900,000 ha (of which No data1,300,000 ha is forest) available.Sources: FAO & MAF 2010; Schoenweger & Üllenberg 2009, p.19; Primary data obtained in November 2011 fromBorikhamxai PAFO, Vientiane PAFO, Pakksan DLMA, Vientiane Province IPD, and Vientiane Capital Province IPD.As seen from Table 1, an attempt was made to obtain the most up to date figures for numbers ofagricultural investments and land concession areas in the provinces and districts visited. However,there remain problems with assessing the accuracy of the data. Different departments at bothprovincial and district levels held different sets of figures, which were often not directly comparable.Not all investments were operational, and not all areas of land concessions were in use – nor was italways clear what the legal status of the concessions and investments were and how far differentcompanies had proceeded through the investment and land acquisition process. With these caveats inmind, brief summaries of the available primary data on land-related agricultural investments in thedistricts of Borikhan, Pakkading, Pakksan, Vangvieng and Xaithani are given in Table 2, below. 1818 No comparable statistical data was obtained for Thourakhon district during the fieldwork at all.28