Chief of Agronomy (Pailin PDAFF) Sophanara Phan, Senior Project Researcher Panhaleak Chay, and Dr Van Touch reflect on some of the impacts they are seeing as a result of practical training on cassava Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). Cassava is an important cash crop for upland smallholders in Northwest Cambodia, particularly in Battambang Province and Pailin […]
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Chief of Agronomy (Pailin PDAFF) Sophanara Phan, Senior Project Researcher Panhaleak Chay, Dr Van Touch, and research assistants Pherom Song, Sarouet Yong, Sophea Yous, Lita Mom and Chariya Korn reflect on some of the impacts they are seeing as a result of recent financial literacy training. In Northwest Cambodia, smallholder farming households face daily financial […]
8 village workshops were held with up to 20 women and men in each of the project location sites throughout December 2023 and January 2024 as part of Activity 4. The workshops were divided into 4 parts: These workshops generated gender disaggregated data about how women and men create livelihoods from diverse paid and unpaid […]
Ru Hui Foong writes about her recent trip to Cambodia where she was able to further develop her understanding of the agricultural sector in Cambodia, engage with multi-disciplinary researchers and hone her cross-cultural communication skills whilst undertaking the data collection for her honours research project. Reflecting on my time in Battambang and Pailin, my 2.5 […]
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Forum Theatre
Communicating the findings of a project is a key part of the process of undertaking research. Our research is designed to reach beyond the academic community, to policy makers and extensionists, and most importantly to the farmers whom we work with in Battambang and Pailin. As Kaye et al. (2020) note, it is important to […]
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Upcoming Workshop
We will be hosting a joint project workshop together with our partners at the National University of Battambang, Battambang, Cambodia on July 3-7, 2023. The Workshop will be divided into 2 parts: Part 1: End of Project Review – Uptake of agricultural technologies and best practices amongst farmers in Battambang and Pailin provinces Part […]