Food, enterprise and local resilience
Rural livelihoods combine production, household food needs, income, services and the ability to respond to changing conditions. CIRD considers those connections with farmers and partners.
The January 2026 Pnou village follow-up included chickens, pigs and household vegetables. Production visits and records help teams discuss what households are doing and where practical support is useful.
Following up on household vegetables, chickens and pigs
Women’s enterprise work connects production planning, seeds, markets and cooperative services. Work with women’s savings groups during livelihood recovery and earlier support in Stung Treng also addressed management skills and community organisations.
Support for Mondulkiri wild-honey and Kampong Speu palm-sugar associations connected member skills, product specifications, internal checks and buyers. These origin-based products bring rural enterprise and collective quality management together.
In January 2026, crop-priority discussions in Moung Russei, Battambang considered dry-season water constraints, household livestock and wet-season rice varieties.
February 2010 – June 2024
Past assignmentCIRD and GRET worked with family farms on rice, vegetables, livestock, water management and local markets. The work connected practical farming skills with farmer trainers, cooperatives, savings groups and consumer awareness.
July 2022 – December 2024
Past assignmentThe Cooperation for Women's Economic Development assignment supported agricultural cooperatives to strengthen management, production planning and relationships with buyers. Its scope included rice, seed, local chicken and safe vegetables.
July 2021 – May 2022
Past assignmentCIRD 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.
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.
August 2024 – February 2026 assignment; follow-up in June 2026
Work in 2026CIRD contributes technical and field support to Promoting Climate Resilient Livelihoods in Rice-Based Communities in the Tonle Sap Region. The work connects climate-risk planning, farming options, cooperative business management and rice markets.
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