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Cambodian Institute for Research and Rural Development

Project and assignment

Women’s savings groups and cooperative livelihood recovery

CIRD worked with women’s savings groups, agricultural cooperatives and producer groups in Siem Reap and Banteay Meanchey during the COVID-19 livelihood-recovery response. The assignment combined group formation, management skills, member services and participatory quality assurance.

Period
July 2021 – May 2022
Assignment
Past assignment
Locations
Siem Reap, Banteay Meanchey, Varin district, Svay Leu district, Phnom Srok district, Svay Chek district

CIRD’s contribution

Implementation partner commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for savings-group, cooperative and producer-group capacity building.

Practical work

Activities and outputs

Partners and their roles

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Technical partner and commissioning agency

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Funding partner

Related resources

Training manual Date not stated Khmer

Financial management and cooperative spirit

Manual on AC financial management & cooperative spirit

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

A Khmer manual covering agricultural cooperative financial management and cooperative principles. Listed among CIRD’s management training tools; contact the team for the full document.

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International Finance Corporation (IFC). Manual on AC financial management & cooperative spirit. International Finance Corporation (IFC).

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.

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

Connected programmes

Work with CIRD

Discuss a research question, training need or rural development partnership.

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