The Cambodian Conservation Agriculture Research for Development Center (CARDEC) officially launched its 5-year strategic roadmap on November 14th, 2022. The launching event was organized by the General Department of Agriculture and was presided over by H.E Om Kimsir, Secretary of State of Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Chairman Executive Board of CASIC (Conservation Agriculture Sustainable Intensification Consortium).
The first CA-related research activities in Cambodia started in 2004 as part of the Crop Diversification and Smallholder Rubber Development Project (SRDP) Phase 2, funded by the French Agency for Development (AFD) and implemented by the General Directorate of Rubber of MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) in partnership with the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD). Since then, Cambodia has capacitated necessary human resources with technical knowledge and experiences through the experiments and testing of cropping systems of upland annual crops as well as the development of a cover crop genetic bank leading to the start of crop genetic conservation in Bos Khnor commune, in Kampong Cham province. Over the years, this station in Bos Khnor evolved into what is now known as the Cambodian Conservation Agriculture Research for Development Centre (CARDEC).
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