Project and assignment

Family farming, producer organisations and food sovereignty

CIRD supported rice, vegetable and chicken producers and their organisations. The assignment combined technical farming support with cooperative formation, management, business planning and market links.

Period: April 2011 – December 2016
Assignment: Past assignment
Locations: Kampong Speu, Takeo, Kratie, Other partner-cooperative locations

CIRD’s contribution

National technical and cooperative-development partner.

Practical work

Provided technical support to producer groups and support quality rice seed production.
Helped establish cooperatives and coach their boards on management and business plans.
Studied product markets and connect producers with buyers.

Activities and outputs

Technical support for rice, vegetable and chicken producer groups.
Cooperative development, business-planning support and rice-seed work.
Kampaco pepper and Kampatraco palm-sugar promotion materials.

Partners and their roles

Belgian Development Cooperation

Funding partner

Eclosio, formerly ADG

Development and implementation partner

Federation of Farmer Associations Promoting Family Agriculture Enterprise in Cambodia

Producer-organisation partner

Related publications and resources

Case study 2021 English

A participatory guarantee system for quality rice seed

Establishment of PGS for quality rice seed and PGS implementation by AKAC

Prak Sereyvath; Chan Sokha

CIRD / Eclosio

Documents the establishment of a participatory guarantee system for rice seed production and marketing by agricultural cooperatives. Explains the producer-led quality assurance approach supported through CIRD’s work on food security and sustainable rice markets.

Read at the source Family farming and cooperative enterprise

View citation

Prak Sereyvath; Chan Sokha. (2021). Establishment of PGS for quality rice seed and PGS implementation by AKAC. CIRD / Eclosio.

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