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18 May 2023

Cambodia ALiSEA Online Thematic Sharing Workshop

Cambodia ALiSEA Board Members organized the online thematic sharing workshop for 39 students and representatives from different organizations under the theme “Setting the scene of agroecology in Cambodia” on 27 March 2023. The objective of the event was to present and share knowledge and experiences about ALiSEA network and its future pathway on agroecology (AE) […]

4 May 2023

Online Webinar: Strengthening Actor Networks to Support Changes, 09 May 2023

Date: Tuesday 9th May 2023 Time: 1:30 to 4:30pm (Hanoi, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Bangkok Time) Zoom link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsf-yorTMvHdeoyQsfG84HsYkXaI6BSA6e Organized by ALiSEA Network and GRET Networking of Actors to Support Changes About Partnership, Governance & Sustainability of networking: “What needs do we address?” Introduction ALiSEA Network is an open coalition of stakeholders united around the promotion […]

24 Apr 2023

ALiSEA online thematic green talk in Laos: “Vegetables & Seeds: The significance of Seeds could not be ignored.”

The ALiSEA online thematic green talk in Laos was held on Friday 10/3/2023 on “Vegetables & Seeds: The Significance of Seeds could not be ignored” via Zoom and live streaming on Agroecology Learning Alliance in Laos Facebook page. In this event, the guests were Mr. Anouthikone Sipaseuth from the BanSuanAiOun organic farm (Luang Prabang province, […]

6 Apr 2023

Accountant – GRET in Lao PDR

GRET is a French development NGO that has been actively fighting poverty and inequalities. GRET’s 700 professionals intervene in more than thirty countries. Active in Lao PDR since 2004, GRET implements projects and carries out expertise in partnership with Lao Authorities and local population, notably in the fields of essential services (water, sanitation, waste), natural resources […]

6 Apr 2023

Water & Sanitation officer – GRET in Lao PDR

GRET is an international non-profit organization 40-year-old international development organization working in more than 30 countries. Active in Lao PDR since 2004, GRET is implementing projects in various sectors: water supply and sanitation, rural development, natural resource management, land governance, agriculture value-chains and agroecology. For the implementation of its water and sanitation projects in Luang […]

4 Apr 2023

ALiSEA participation to the Asia and Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2023

From 28 to 30 March 2023, a delegation of the ALiSEA network participated for the first time to the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development. The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual, inclusive intergovernmental forum to support follow-up and review of progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable […]

7 Mar 2023

Business analyst project manager – GRET in Laos

GRET is recruiting a project manager with a profile of Business & Socio-economic Analyst based in Vientiane Capital, to manage and implement project activities from an operational point of view and also bring in specific expertise in business and financial development of SMEs. GRET is an international development NGO that works from the field to […]

8 Feb 2023

ASSET Recruitment: Communication Officer

To support ASSET project communication activities, CIRAD & GRET are recruiting a Project Communication Officer. Applications (CV & motivation letter) to be sent to: olga.mackre@cirad.fr with copy to: lebret@gret.org before 28th February 2023. About the position The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and GRET have signed a Financing Agreement for Agroecology and Safe Food Systems Transitions […]

6 Feb 2023

Lao Farmer Network: The Biggest Farmer Group in Lao PDR

The annual meeting of the Lao Farmer Network is the largest gathering of farmers in Laos that takes place every year. the Lao Farmers Network brings together 173 farmer organizations from 16 provinces with the purpose to strengthen cooperation among smallholder farmers. For this occasion of the general assembly, 173 members production groups met in […]

6 Jan 2023

ASSET Project Midterm Evaluation – Call for expression of Interest

GRET is a French NGO founded in 1976, whose activities range from the field to policy-making in the fight against poverty and inequality. GRET has been present in more than 30 countries, in a variety of fields / topics to provide sustainable and innovative solutions to the united development process. GRET has been operating in […]

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Supported by: CEDAC Location: Cambodia Fact sheet: Not available Ms. Nhem Sovannary, a farmer in Po Preah Sang village, Taphem commune, Tramkak district, Takeo province, was awarded first prize in 2013 and third prize in 2014 during the SRI national competitions, organized by CEDAC. She has 1.5 ha of rice fields, 800 m2 homegarden, 8 cattle, 100 chickens and a biogas. She has collaborated with CEDAC since 2004. She first tested SRI on 0.01 ha out of her total 1.5 ha. She got yield of about 300 kg or 3 t/ha while production from 1.4 ha was about 2800 kg or 2 t/ha. In 2013, she was among 735 farmers who registered to participate in the SRI competition organized by CEDAC. She grown rice with SRI practices on 0.3 ha, and the yield was of 7.33 t/ha, making her a SRI Champion. In 2014, she achieved yield as much as 7.5 t/ha, and she got third prize. On 0.3 ha plot, she grows two rice crops/year, namely early wet season rice and wet season rice. Early maturing variety was used for early wet season rice, with yield of 6.66 t/ha, and fragrant rice (Jasmine) was used for wet season rice. […]

A Champion organic SRI farmer in Cambodia

System of Rice Intensification

System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

Supported by: CEDAC Location: Cambodia Fact sheet: Not available Integrated farming or Multi-Purpose Farm? Organic Agriculture? Agroforestry? Integrated Pest Management? System of Rice Intensification? Climate Resilient Agriculture? Climate-Smart Agriculture? Mr. Ros Mao, a 56-year old farmer living in Chaom Pul village, Por Pel commune, Tramkak district, Takeo province, is well-known for his innovation in model farming based on agro-ecological principles. The techniques he is applying can fall into any of the above agro-ecological practices. He has two integrated farms: a homegarden of 0.25 ha with diversified vegetables integrated with poultry, fish and pigs along with fruit trees, and a multipurpose farm (rice, fish pond for fish raising and irrigation, dyke and water channel around rice field for water management, irrigation and flood prevention, vegetable garden, multi-purpose trees for firewood, living fence and soil improvement, and chicken raising). He has used his land in an effective and sustainable way, and with this productive system, his livelihoods have significantly improved. When getting into his homegarden, we could feel it is not just a homegarden for producing a variety of vegetables but also a resort. The garden is very integrated and well designed. He started to design this garden in 2003 when he collaborated with […]

A model farmer for agro-ecology

Multi-Purpose Farming

Agro-forestry (AF) Conservation Agriculture (CA) Integrated Pest Management (IPM)/ Integrated Cropping Management (ICM) Integrating Farming (VAC) Organic Agriculture (OA) System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

Supported by: RUA project; Natural Agriculture Village Shop; USAID Horticulture Innovation Lab Location: Cambodia Fact sheet: Not available Mr. Nov Keo, 44, resided in Barein Krom village, Svay Proteal commune, Sa Ang district, Kandal province along the Bassac River (a region with intensive production of vegetables), is among a few farmers who produce chemical-free vegetables. Mr. Nov Keo grows vegetables on a plot of 1200 m-2 and supplies year-round vegetables to Natural Agriculture Village Shop in Phnom Penh. He has four nethouses, two supported by a RUA project, one supported by Natural Agriculture Village Shop and one on his own cost. Mr. Nov Keo has grown vegetables since 2001, and he had intensively used pesticide to control pests. In 2013, he was selected by USAID Horticulture Innovation Lab funded project “Rural Investments in Agricultural Technologies (RIAT)” to test low-cost nethouse for safe vegetable production. The results were promising, and thus he got support from the project to install the second nethouse. Seeing Mr. Nov Keo is a committed farmer, in 2014, Natural Agriculture Village Shop also supported him with a nethouse of 239 m-2, and provided him a loan to build a big nethouse (12mx40m), enabling him to produce large and regular […]

Nethouse helps a vegetable producer stop using chemical pesticide

Organic Agriculture

Organic Agriculture (OA)

Supported by: Aide au Développement Gembloux (ADG); Cambodian Women for Peace and Development (CWPD) Location: Cambodia Fact sheet: Not available Peri-Urban Agriculture Center was established in July 2001, with the supports from a Belgium NGO Aide au Développement Gembloux (ADG) in partnership with a local NGO “Cambodian Women for Peace and Development (CWPD). The purpose of PUAC establishment was to ensure farmers’ access to technical knowledge and know-how on production of chemical-free and high value vegetables, and to link producers to markets. PUAC is located in Chamkar Daung Village, Chbar Mon Commune, Chbar Mon City, Kampong Speu province, about 50 Km from Phnom Penh. It extends on about 2.5 ha of land. PUAC was registered as Agricultural Cooperative in April 2009, and changed its name to Peri-Urban Agriculture Cooperative by maintaining its initial acronym. The cooperative is operated by a group of 70 vegetable producers from 10 villages, 6 communes and 2 districts (Chbar Mon and Samroang Toang) of Kampong Speu, and employs three salaried staffers. The services of PUAC to its members include technical trainings on vegetable production, supply of inputs and purchase of farm produces). PUAC and its members produce and supply ten different types of lettuces (romaine, red […]

Peri-Urban Agriculture Cooperative (PUAC)