Project and assignment

Pepper enterprises, producer services and market systems

CIRD's pepper work grew from support in Memot to a wider sector assignment. It connected production advice, cooperative and savings-group services, product quality, buyer relationships and public policy.

Period: July 2015 – December 2025 across successive phases
Assignment: Past assignment
Locations: Tboung Khmum, Pursat, Koh Kong, Mondulkiri, Ratanakiri, Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Battambang

CIRD’s contribution

National implementation and technical partner for pepper production, producer institutions and sector development.

Practical work

Assessed market constraints and help pepper cooperatives and buyers develop supply relationships.
Trained growers on production, harvesting, handling and appropriate quality requirements.
Strengthen cooperative, savings-group and federation services.
Developed learning materials and contribute field evidence to sector policy work.

Activities and outputs

Producer training and learning materials, cooperative service support and buyer connections.
Pepper-sector studies, policy assistance and support for quality systems.

Programme phases

Upgrading Memot Pepper Value Chain · MPVC · July 2015 – December 2018
Cambodia Pepper Sector Enhancement · CPSE · January 2019 – December 2025

Partners and their roles

HEKS/EPER, Swiss Church Aid

Funding and implementation partner

Ministry of Commerce

Public institution partner

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Public institution partner

Cambodia Pepper and Spices Federation

Producer and sector organisation

Related publications and resources

Presentation 2017 English

Helping smallholder producers reach better markets

CIRD’s Intervention for a Better Access to Market by Smallholder Producer

Prak Sereyvath

CIRD / ALiSEA

Explains CIRD’s work on producer organisations, quality standards, certification, branding and market connections across rice, pepper, palm sugar, vegetables and other rural products. Prepared for the third Mekong Extension Learning Alliance meeting.

Read at the source Product origin and producer associations Farming, nutrition and local markets Pepper farms and markets

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Prak Sereyvath. (2017). CIRD’s Intervention for a Better Access to Market by Smallholder Producer. CIRD / ALiSEA.

Partner article 2017 English

Entrepreneurship skills for agricultural cooperatives

Enhancing entrepreneurship skills in Cambodian cooperatives

International Labour Organization (ILO)

An ILO article on CIRD’s use of Community-Based Enterprise Development training with pepper cooperatives in Tbaung Khmum. It describes peer learning, business planning and the next steps proposed by the participating cooperatives.

Read at the source Pepper farms and markets Farming, nutrition and local markets

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International Labour Organization (ILO). (2017). Enhancing entrepreneurship skills in Cambodian cooperatives. International Labour Organization (ILO).

Presentation 2019 English

Cambodia’s pepper sector in 2019

Cambodia Pepper Sector Country Report 2019

Prak Sereyvath

CIRD / Cambodia Pepper and Spices Federation

A country presentation for the International Pepper Conference in Vung Tau, Vietnam, 12–14 November 2019. Covers production, trade, producer organisations and challenges facing the Cambodian pepper sector at that time.

Download PDF Pepper farms and marketsPDF · 1.1 MB

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Prak Sereyvath. (2019). Cambodia Pepper Sector Country Report 2019. CIRD / Cambodia Pepper and Spices Federation.

Presentation 2019 English

Organic black pepper production and markets in Mondulkiri

Production and Market of Organic Black Pepper: The case of MOPAC (Mondul Kiri Organic Pepper AC)

Prak Sereyvath

Cambodian Institute for Research and Rural Development (CIRD)

A case presentation on the Mondulkiri Organic Pepper Agricultural Cooperative, covering production, market connections, certification and practical constraints. Prepared for the National Forum on Integrated Pest Management and Food Safety, 28–29 October 2019.

Download PDF Pepper farms and markets Ramsar rice and cooperative servicesPDF · 1.8 MB

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Prak Sereyvath. (2019). Production and Market of Organic Black Pepper: The case of MOPAC (Mondul Kiri Organic Pepper AC). Cambodian Institute for Research and Rural Development (CIRD).

Market study 2015 English

Memot pepper market system analysis

Memot Pepper Market System Analysis

Kong SIM; Kimlong HENG

Cambodian Institute for Research and Rural Development (CIRD)

A November 2015 analysis of the Memot pepper market system. The catalogue retains the named authors shown on the original title page; contact CIRD for the full report.

Request this resource Pepper farms and markets

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Kong SIM; Kimlong HENG. (2015). Memot Pepper Market System Analysis. Cambodian Institute for Research and Rural Development (CIRD).

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