Farmer and Nature Net Association

Farmer and Nature Net Association

The Farmer and Nature Net Association was officially registered at the Ministry of Interior on March 10, 2006, which performs as:

• The net of FA at village level (independent) that the decision making power is with the members.

• A voluntary and independent farmer organization governed by farmers;

• Not involve in politics and non political parties ;

• A network will cooperate with all institutions, units or national and international associations aiming to serve the farmers’ interests.

Goals and Objectives:

• The goal of the Farmer and Nature Net is to “promote family economic of farmer and of rural community equity and sustainability.

• The objective of the Farmer and Nature Net is to link the local Farmer Associations in various provinces in Cambodia and with overseas in order to:

1. Unite as one force to protect farmer’s rights and interests and to be a warmness and hopefulness for the farmer;

2. Serve as a warmness and hope for Farmer Associations;

3. Promote the ecological agriculture movement in the whole country;

4. Promote the rural society of cooperation and good solidarity between farmer and farmer and other stakeholders;

5. Support the Associations in developing agriculture and managing local natural resources; and

6. Assure the cooperation between Associations and Organizations and relevant institutions inside and outside the country.

Mission:

FNN is high committed to strengthening the farmer organization through promoting innovation on ecological agriculture, community business market, saving-credit, and increase social cooperation.
Last update in 2017, individual members of FNN are 57,351 (whom 37,596 are female) in 15 provinces, 56 districts, 214 communes, 804 villages, and 820 self-help saving groups and 62 officially registered agricultural cooperatives. Consolidated saving capital of self-help groups and cooperatives under FNN are around US$30,000,000 with institutional funds are around US$1,000,000, reserved funds are around US$30,000 and social funds are around US$80,000. In term of market linkages, FNN has facilitated some agricultural cooperatives (members of FNN) to link their organic products – rice, chickens and vegetables) – to AMRU rice company and Khmer Organic Cooperative, while another potential buyer Signature of Asia company is also in process of negotiation with FNN.