Hear from the Next-Gen team about how subsidised laser land levelling is transforming rice farmers’ experiences in Northwest Cambodia. In Northwest Cambodia, rice is more than a crop – it is survival. Most smallholder households depend on it for income, yet uneven fields have long undermined their efforts. Uneven land wastes water, reduces fertiliser efficiency, […]
In the upland villages of Northwest Cambodia, the struggle for clean and reliable water has long shaped daily life. Most families have depended on seasonal streams and small ponds that dry up each year. When that happens, water must be bought from truck vendors costing households between 20,000 and 60,000 riel (US$5–15) a week. For […]
Chief of Agronomy (Pailin PDAFF) Sophanara Phan, Senior Project Researcher Panhaleak Chay, and Dr Van Touch reflect on some of the outcomes they have seen as a result of their engagement with farmers focusing on field crop monitoring and record-keeping of farm inputs and practices. Mrs Srey Mom is an upland farmer residing in Ta […]
Senior Project Researcher Panhaleak Chay, Chief of Agronomy (Pailin PDAFF) Sophanara Phan and Dr Van Touch reflect on some of the outcomes they have seen as a result of their engagement with farmers focusing on field crop monitoring and record-keeping of farm inputs and practices. Mrs Hiep Sophat is a lowland farmer living in Phnom […]