Project and assignment
Connecting smallholder farmers with inclusive markets
Under Accelerating Inclusive Markets for Smallholders, CIRD's market-oriented social-mobilisation team helped farmers understand demand, form producer organisations and build business and recordkeeping skills in four western provinces.
- Period
- January 2019 – March 2023
- Assignment
- Past assignment
- Locations
- Pailin, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap
CIRD’s contribution
Market-oriented social-mobilisation service provider for the Battambang regional hub.
Practical work
- Screened demand and potential producers for vegetables, rice, cassava, chicken and silk.
- Organised producer groups around market opportunities.
- Trained farmer-nominated business-literacy facilitators.
- Supported farmer diary records in the project's management information system.
Activities and outputs
- 35 training-of-trainers courses for 519 farmer-nominated business-literacy facilitators.
- Producer organisation and farmer-diary support through the Battambang regional hub.
Partners and their roles
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Funding partner
Ministry of Commerce
Public institution partner
Connected programmes
Work with CIRD
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