Credible quality and informed policy
CIRD helps producers and partners work with product standards, quality records, traceability, origin-based products and consumer protection.
CIRD connects consumer-awareness research, food-safety dialogue and consumer networking to help people make informed choices and strengthen their collective voice. It supported the establishment of the Cambodian Consumer Association on Food Safety (CAFS), including its founding assembly on 23 March 2024. Prak Sereyvath’s consumer-policy work includes presentations on consumer empowerment, food safety and consumer associations. He also spoke at a March 2026 workshop organised by the Ministry of Commerce and GIZ, Germany’s international cooperation organisation.
Contributing to consumer-protection discussions Explore CIRD’s consumer-protection work Explore related consumer protection resourcesGeographical indications connect a product’s qualities and reputation with its place of origin. CIRD’s early work supported Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm sugar. From 2020 to 2023, Cambodian coordination within a regional programme also supported Kampot and Kep salt and salt flower, and Mondulkiri wild honey. Work included producer associations, product specifications, control plans, member training and market promotion.
Quality seed, field checks, handling and records are connected parts of rice production. CIRD participates in practical training and coordination with cooperatives, seed authorities, processors and implementation partners.
CIRD’s pepper-sector research supplied evidence on production and trade costs, environmental risks and sector organisation for national policy development. Agricultural-transition and rice-commercialisation assignments contributed contract-farming guidance, producer-service support and field-based policy recommendations.
2018–2026
Work in 2026CIRD helps consumers understand food safety and their rights, and brings people together to strengthen their collective voice. Its research, awareness activities and consumer networking helped establish the Cambodian Consumer Association on Food Safety (CAFS), connecting local concerns with national and regional dialogue.
July 2009 – June 2011
Past assignmentCIRD helped producers and public institutions build the organisations, product specifications and quality checks behind Cambodia's first protected geographical indications. A geographical indication links a product name and its qualities to a particular place.
January 2020 – April 2023
Past assignmentCIRD coordinated Cambodian work within a regional programme on geographical indications in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar. Support covered Kampot pepper, Kampong Speu palm sugar, Kampot and Kep salt and salt flower, and Mondulkiri wild honey. A geographical indication connects a product’s reputation and qualities with its place of origin.
May 2018 – June 2019
Past assignmentCIRD studied Cambodia’s pepper sector, production and export costs, institutions and environmental risks for the International Finance Corporation. The findings informed national pepper-policy development and discussion of a pepper and spices federation.
May 2011 – December 2014
Past assignmentCIRD worked with rice mills, seed firms and farmers to multiply fragrant rice seed, improve seed management and explain production techniques through training, radio and practical learning materials.
2019–2025 assignment; training continued in 2026
Work in 2026CIRD worked with the International Finance Corporation, rice mills and producer organisations on Sustainable Rice Platform practices, quality seed, farm records, business skills and supply relationships. Sustainable Rice Platform is a rice-production standard and performance framework.
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