Practical learning for diverse farms
Agroecology applies ecological understanding to farming decisions. CIRD works with farmers and organisations to explore soil cover, diverse production, organic inputs and practices suited to local conditions.
Land, water, crops, labour and household priorities shape practical choices. Demonstrations and field follow-up help farmers compare what works in their own situation. CIRD’s agricultural-transition work also assessed practices to test with farmers in irrigation schemes and water-channel areas.
Agroecological practice sits alongside seed access, organisational services, finance, quality assurance and market relationships. Successive family-farming assignments brought these concerns together through training, cooperative support and buyer connections.
Pepper cultivation with living ground cover and shade netting is one practical example from CIRD’s pepper-sector work. It connects vegetation management and farm design with the conditions growers work in.
The Syntropic Agroforestry Innovation Accelerator is a learning pathway that connects knowledge exchange, practical training, local trials and shared observation.
Explore the agroforestry learning pathway View the September 2025 pilot training
Browse cover-crop tools, agroecology concepts and farm-planning resources prepared for practitioners.
Browse agroecology resourcesApril 2011 – December 2016
Past assignmentCIRD supported rice, vegetable and chicken producers and their organisations. The assignment combined technical farming support with cooperative formation, management, business planning and market links.
February 2020 – January 2024
Past assignmentCIRD provided horticulture expertise and provincial coordination for the agricultural-transition component of Water Resources Management and Agro-ecological Transition for Cambodia. The work connected farm practices, irrigation-area production, producer services, markets and agricultural policy.
July 2015 – December 2025 across successive phases
Past assignmentCIRD'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.
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.
Discuss a research question, training need or rural development partnership.
