This document discusses alternatives to conventional agriculture that are more sustainable and community-focused. It proposes agroecology using multicropping instead of monocropping to preserve biodiversity. Small farmers struggle with the costs of organic certification, so the document suggests trust-based community certification instead. A community/farmer-led approach can identify best agroecological practices and collectively promote local food sovereignty. Strengthening links between producers and consumers through local marketing systems is recommended. Overall it argues for investing in education, identifying best practices, and building connections to strengthen smallholder food producers and diverse rural communities.
Role of livestock extension in the food security scenario of India- Dr.Subin ...KVASU
Livestock extension plays an important role in ensuring food security in India. It transfers technologies from research stations to farmers to increase livestock production and productivity. Various government agencies and non-government organizations are involved in livestock extension to educate farmers, empower women, and enhance human resource development. Strengthening livestock extension services can further improve the livestock sector and help address issues of poverty and food insecurity.
Agriculture
Officer
Village
Agriculture
Worker
- Training on latest
agriculture techniques
- Training on soil testing
- Training on organic
farming
- Training on integrated
farming
- Training on post harvest
management
- Training on cooperative
farming
- Training on financial
literacy
- Training on marketing
- Training on use of
technology
- Hands on training
- Field visits
- Demonstration of
techniques
- Interactive sessions
- Doubt clearing
- Certification
- Training imparted by SMEs
- Separate training modules
- Training material provided
- Regular assessment of
trainees
-
Oxfam has been supporting sustainable rice intensification (SRI) in Cambodia since 2003 by:
1) Demonstrating SRI techniques and facilitating farmer adoption.
2) Linking SRI with community savings groups to smooth incomes and build social cohesion.
3) Expanding support for community-based SRI applications in Vietnam and developing regional partnerships and knowledge sharing networks.
While small scale family farmers grow food, and produce 70% of the food in this region, we remain to be poorest, hungriest, mostmalnourished? Why ? First because many of us do not have adequate access , control or ownership of the basic natural resources needed to do farming: land, waters, forests, seeds. Without land rights, we cannot decide what to plant, when to plant, where to market the produce, and in many cases, get only a 30% share of the produce of the farm. Without water rights, the fishes we could have captured in our seas and waters are first captured by big commercial trawlers, leaving so little for the many of us who would like to fish. Without forestry rights, we lose our forests to big mining and logging companies. Without rights to breed, conserve, save and exchange seeds, we will be dependent on the seeds of big and multi-national seed companies..
Second, our yields are low, of inferior quality, and we do not have the money to buy necessary inputs such as seeds, fertilizers or even farm tools or put up needed services such as irrigation, electricity.
presented by Dr. Santiago R. Obien of Asia Rice Foundation during the 2015 AFNR Symposium held last October 1, 2015 at the AIM Conference Center, Makati City
This document discusses alternatives to conventional agriculture that are more sustainable and community-focused. It proposes agroecology using multicropping instead of monocropping to preserve biodiversity. Small farmers struggle with the costs of organic certification, so the document suggests trust-based community certification instead. A community/farmer-led approach can identify best agroecological practices and collectively promote local food sovereignty. Strengthening links between producers and consumers through local marketing systems is recommended. Overall it argues for investing in education, identifying best practices, and building connections to strengthen smallholder food producers and diverse rural communities.
Role of livestock extension in the food security scenario of India- Dr.Subin ...KVASU
Livestock extension plays an important role in ensuring food security in India. It transfers technologies from research stations to farmers to increase livestock production and productivity. Various government agencies and non-government organizations are involved in livestock extension to educate farmers, empower women, and enhance human resource development. Strengthening livestock extension services can further improve the livestock sector and help address issues of poverty and food insecurity.
Agriculture
Officer
Village
Agriculture
Worker
- Training on latest
agriculture techniques
- Training on soil testing
- Training on organic
farming
- Training on integrated
farming
- Training on post harvest
management
- Training on cooperative
farming
- Training on financial
literacy
- Training on marketing
- Training on use of
technology
- Hands on training
- Field visits
- Demonstration of
techniques
- Interactive sessions
- Doubt clearing
- Certification
- Training imparted by SMEs
- Separate training modules
- Training material provided
- Regular assessment of
trainees
-
Oxfam has been supporting sustainable rice intensification (SRI) in Cambodia since 2003 by:
1) Demonstrating SRI techniques and facilitating farmer adoption.
2) Linking SRI with community savings groups to smooth incomes and build social cohesion.
3) Expanding support for community-based SRI applications in Vietnam and developing regional partnerships and knowledge sharing networks.
While small scale family farmers grow food, and produce 70% of the food in this region, we remain to be poorest, hungriest, mostmalnourished? Why ? First because many of us do not have adequate access , control or ownership of the basic natural resources needed to do farming: land, waters, forests, seeds. Without land rights, we cannot decide what to plant, when to plant, where to market the produce, and in many cases, get only a 30% share of the produce of the farm. Without water rights, the fishes we could have captured in our seas and waters are first captured by big commercial trawlers, leaving so little for the many of us who would like to fish. Without forestry rights, we lose our forests to big mining and logging companies. Without rights to breed, conserve, save and exchange seeds, we will be dependent on the seeds of big and multi-national seed companies..
Second, our yields are low, of inferior quality, and we do not have the money to buy necessary inputs such as seeds, fertilizers or even farm tools or put up needed services such as irrigation, electricity.
presented by Dr. Santiago R. Obien of Asia Rice Foundation during the 2015 AFNR Symposium held last October 1, 2015 at the AIM Conference Center, Makati City
The document summarizes AGRA's Soil Health Program, which aims to promote soil health and increase agricultural productivity in Africa. The program has three primary goals: increasing sustainable fertilizer supply; promoting the adoption of integrated soil fertility management practices by smallholder farmers; and creating an enabling policy environment. By 2014, the program aims to provide access to improved practices for over 4 million farmers, with 2 million adopting those practices to boost yields. It also discusses challenges such as low soil fertility and ways to promote conservation agriculture principles through demonstration projects, farmer training, and partnerships.
Empowering African smallholder farmers for fast-tracking adoption of CA. Pas...Joanna Hicks
The document summarizes the challenges facing smallholder farmers in Africa and proposes interventions to empower them through conservation agriculture. It discusses how smallholder farmers face difficulties with conventional farming practices given population growth, climate change, and other factors. It then outlines proposed interventions like improved access to inputs, renewable energy solutions, model demonstration farms, and strengthening farmers' groups and value chains to transition smallholders from subsistence to commercial farming and improve their livelihoods.
This document discusses investing in agriculture to ensure food security in Asia. It outlines that Asia faces challenges of growing food demand and persistent food insecurity despite economic growth. The Asian Development Bank's priorities to address this include increasing productivity and reducing losses, improving market connectivity, enhancing food safety and quality, and improving natural resource management. Investment highlights from the ADB include projects to enhance productivity through crop diversification and market access in Nepal and Bangladesh. It also discusses delivering sustainable resource use through water saving technology in China, building climate resilience through food-water-energy projects in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar, and promoting financial inclusion and agribusiness through SME financing in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
This document summarizes the Biovision Farmer Communication Program in Africa, which aims to improve smallholder farmer livelihoods through better access to information on sustainable agriculture. It discusses the evolution of agricultural extension approaches in Kenya and principles of extension reform. The program bridges research and dissemination of natural, locally-available solutions through model projects led by partner organizations. Its goal is to enhance synergy among information projects and build capacity of information agents to scale access and use of appropriate innovations.
The new CGIAR: Food security, global change and international agricultural r...ILRI
The document discusses the new CGIAR strategy and structure for international agricultural research and development. Key points:
1) The new strategy focuses research on reducing rural poverty, improving food security, nutrition/health, and natural resource management through CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs).
2) CRPs are implemented by research centers and partners to achieve impacts aligned with the strategy. They focus on integration, appropriate partnerships, and impact measurement.
3) Examples include CRP 1.1 on dryland agriculture and CRP 3.7 to increase availability of meat, milk and fish for the poor through value chain approaches.
Making Research and Science Reach Farmers and End UsersFAO
Making Research and Science Reach Farmers and End Users, By Arab organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan
This document summarizes an event discussing value chains for food and nutrition security. It notes that agriculture has historically not focused on maximizing nutrition from farming systems. There is increasing interest in food systems approaches and agricultural biodiversity. While a few major crops provide most calories globally, over 7,000 species are used locally and 120 are important nationally. The document discusses reducing undernutrition and overnutrition by improving diets and livelihoods. It proposes assessing food value chains to increase availability of safe, nutritious foods for vulnerable groups through inclusive business models. Specific priorities outlined include beans, broader food baskets in East Africa and Central America from 2015-2017.
Approaches and interventions to make SI function in the Ethiopian Highlands: ...africa-rising
Presented by Kindu Mekonnen and Peter Thorne (ILRI) at the Echo East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas, Rwanda, 26-28 November 2019
Problems and challenges of animal husbandry extensionPreethi Sundar
This document discusses the problems and challenges of animal husbandry extension in India. It notes that the majority of the Indian population depends directly or indirectly on livestock, but that the livestock sector contributes only 4.4% to GDP. Many challenges are outlined, including how to effectively reach millions of livestock owners in diverse environments and improve their living standards with decreasing land availability. Other challenges include sustaining production with less land for fodder, changing public interest in livestock rearing, and addressing the information and technology needs of farmers and other target groups involved in the livestock sector.
Animal health Product development & adoption Partnership organisation
A not-for-profit Public-Private Partnership – registered charity
Sponsored by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and with projects funded by BMGF, DFID and EC.
Pro-poor focus: working with key partners to make a sustainable difference in access to animal health products for poor livestock keepers
Senegal | Aug-16 | ENERGY 4 iMPACT : Accelerating access to energySmart Villages
This document discusses the role of multilaterals and governments in facilitating the water-energy-food nexus. It provides background on Energy 4 Impact, an NGO that supports businesses improving energy access. It outlines the interconnected relationship between energy, water, and food and argues for a coordinated stakeholder approach. The roles of multilaterals, governments, and the private sector are examined. Opportunities for integrated interventions are presented, including examples from Energy 4 Impact's work in enterprise development, solar irrigation, pico-hydro, and biogas programs.
2n SD meeting Sienna Bottom up approach Marwan HaddadMarwan Haddad
This document discusses the need for a bottom-up policy change approach in the agro-food sector of the Mediterranean to improve management and sustainability. It proposes establishing joint authority boards that include major stakeholders like farmers, private sector, civil society, and consumers to better integrate and harmonize decision making. Currently, governance is hierarchical and fragmented, marginalizing stakeholders and lacking long-term comprehensive policies. The approach aims to establish dialogue, shared understanding, and continuous participation between government and sector custodians/guardians to jointly manage resources and strategies through communication and learning over time.
This document discusses strategies for gender mainstreaming and improving livelihoods through agricultural extension. It outlines several key extension strategies, including establishing a gender balanced extension system with more female extension workers; using mass media to disseminate information to women farmers; developing and demonstrating women-friendly technologies; providing credit and technical support to women's self-help groups; and capacity building for women through agricultural training programs. The document emphasizes the need to reorient extension and research systems to prioritize women farmers and organize women into farmer groups. Overall, the strategies aim to improve women's access to resources and empower them as farmers.
1) Manarcadu Social Service Society proposes establishing an International Sustainable Academy for Fair Trade and Organic Farming in Idukki District, Kerala, India to offer training and education programs related to sustainable agriculture.
2) The Academy would offer certificate courses, workshops, internships and conduct research to promote organic and fair trade practices among small farmers and workers.
3) An initial budget of $2 million USD is estimated to cover infrastructure like buildings, farms, equipment, IT and transportation over the first phase of development. Funding would come from loans, investments and grants from partner organizations.
Understanding he Farming and Health Crisis in Ontario through looking at alKatarina Zlatanovic
The document outlines five ideas to bridge the gap between Ontario's farm income crisis and public health crisis: 1) Support locally consumed produce, meat farmers; 2) Compensate farmers for ecological services; 3) Expand urban agriculture; 4) Increase public procurement of local, sustainable food; 5) Link the food system and public health policy. It argues prioritizing local markets, establishing community food centers, reforming farm programs, and improving food system governance could advance these ideas. Determining which idea has the greatest positive effect requires considering impacts on health, sustainability and economic viability.
The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act aims to improve federal farm bill programs that support local and regional agriculture. It will help farmers and ranchers through programs focused on production, processing, marketing and distribution. It also aims to improve access to healthy food for consumers. The Act will boost income and opportunities for farmers through expanded insurance, loan, and grant programs. It will also improve local food infrastructure and expand access to healthy foods.
Olam has a network of 3.9 million smallholder farmers worldwide that it works with through its Olam Livelihood Charter program. In 2014, Olam reached a milestone of purchasing 1 million tonnes of agricultural products from 350,147 farmers participating in the program across 30 countries. The document provides details on the achievements in 2014, including increasing the number of farmers by 445% since 2010, providing various training programs, financing, and investing in social programs around health, education, and infrastructure.
The Brussels Development Briefing no. 52 on “Food safety: a critical part of the food system in Africa ” took place on 19 September 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels 451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200 Brussels. This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission (DG DEVCO & DG Health and Food Safety), the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and the Global Food Safety Partnership.
The document summarizes AGRA's Soil Health Program, which aims to promote soil health and increase agricultural productivity in Africa. The program has three primary goals: increasing sustainable fertilizer supply; promoting the adoption of integrated soil fertility management practices by smallholder farmers; and creating an enabling policy environment. By 2014, the program aims to provide access to improved practices for over 4 million farmers, with 2 million adopting those practices to boost yields. It also discusses challenges such as low soil fertility and ways to promote conservation agriculture principles through demonstration projects, farmer training, and partnerships.
Empowering African smallholder farmers for fast-tracking adoption of CA. Pas...Joanna Hicks
The document summarizes the challenges facing smallholder farmers in Africa and proposes interventions to empower them through conservation agriculture. It discusses how smallholder farmers face difficulties with conventional farming practices given population growth, climate change, and other factors. It then outlines proposed interventions like improved access to inputs, renewable energy solutions, model demonstration farms, and strengthening farmers' groups and value chains to transition smallholders from subsistence to commercial farming and improve their livelihoods.
This document discusses investing in agriculture to ensure food security in Asia. It outlines that Asia faces challenges of growing food demand and persistent food insecurity despite economic growth. The Asian Development Bank's priorities to address this include increasing productivity and reducing losses, improving market connectivity, enhancing food safety and quality, and improving natural resource management. Investment highlights from the ADB include projects to enhance productivity through crop diversification and market access in Nepal and Bangladesh. It also discusses delivering sustainable resource use through water saving technology in China, building climate resilience through food-water-energy projects in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar, and promoting financial inclusion and agribusiness through SME financing in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
This document summarizes the Biovision Farmer Communication Program in Africa, which aims to improve smallholder farmer livelihoods through better access to information on sustainable agriculture. It discusses the evolution of agricultural extension approaches in Kenya and principles of extension reform. The program bridges research and dissemination of natural, locally-available solutions through model projects led by partner organizations. Its goal is to enhance synergy among information projects and build capacity of information agents to scale access and use of appropriate innovations.
The new CGIAR: Food security, global change and international agricultural r...ILRI
The document discusses the new CGIAR strategy and structure for international agricultural research and development. Key points:
1) The new strategy focuses research on reducing rural poverty, improving food security, nutrition/health, and natural resource management through CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs).
2) CRPs are implemented by research centers and partners to achieve impacts aligned with the strategy. They focus on integration, appropriate partnerships, and impact measurement.
3) Examples include CRP 1.1 on dryland agriculture and CRP 3.7 to increase availability of meat, milk and fish for the poor through value chain approaches.
Making Research and Science Reach Farmers and End UsersFAO
Making Research and Science Reach Farmers and End Users, By Arab organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan
This document summarizes an event discussing value chains for food and nutrition security. It notes that agriculture has historically not focused on maximizing nutrition from farming systems. There is increasing interest in food systems approaches and agricultural biodiversity. While a few major crops provide most calories globally, over 7,000 species are used locally and 120 are important nationally. The document discusses reducing undernutrition and overnutrition by improving diets and livelihoods. It proposes assessing food value chains to increase availability of safe, nutritious foods for vulnerable groups through inclusive business models. Specific priorities outlined include beans, broader food baskets in East Africa and Central America from 2015-2017.
Approaches and interventions to make SI function in the Ethiopian Highlands: ...africa-rising
Presented by Kindu Mekonnen and Peter Thorne (ILRI) at the Echo East Africa Symposium on Best Practices in Improved Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture in Highland Areas, Rwanda, 26-28 November 2019
Problems and challenges of animal husbandry extensionPreethi Sundar
This document discusses the problems and challenges of animal husbandry extension in India. It notes that the majority of the Indian population depends directly or indirectly on livestock, but that the livestock sector contributes only 4.4% to GDP. Many challenges are outlined, including how to effectively reach millions of livestock owners in diverse environments and improve their living standards with decreasing land availability. Other challenges include sustaining production with less land for fodder, changing public interest in livestock rearing, and addressing the information and technology needs of farmers and other target groups involved in the livestock sector.
Animal health Product development & adoption Partnership organisation
A not-for-profit Public-Private Partnership – registered charity
Sponsored by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and with projects funded by BMGF, DFID and EC.
Pro-poor focus: working with key partners to make a sustainable difference in access to animal health products for poor livestock keepers
Senegal | Aug-16 | ENERGY 4 iMPACT : Accelerating access to energySmart Villages
This document discusses the role of multilaterals and governments in facilitating the water-energy-food nexus. It provides background on Energy 4 Impact, an NGO that supports businesses improving energy access. It outlines the interconnected relationship between energy, water, and food and argues for a coordinated stakeholder approach. The roles of multilaterals, governments, and the private sector are examined. Opportunities for integrated interventions are presented, including examples from Energy 4 Impact's work in enterprise development, solar irrigation, pico-hydro, and biogas programs.
2n SD meeting Sienna Bottom up approach Marwan HaddadMarwan Haddad
This document discusses the need for a bottom-up policy change approach in the agro-food sector of the Mediterranean to improve management and sustainability. It proposes establishing joint authority boards that include major stakeholders like farmers, private sector, civil society, and consumers to better integrate and harmonize decision making. Currently, governance is hierarchical and fragmented, marginalizing stakeholders and lacking long-term comprehensive policies. The approach aims to establish dialogue, shared understanding, and continuous participation between government and sector custodians/guardians to jointly manage resources and strategies through communication and learning over time.
This document discusses strategies for gender mainstreaming and improving livelihoods through agricultural extension. It outlines several key extension strategies, including establishing a gender balanced extension system with more female extension workers; using mass media to disseminate information to women farmers; developing and demonstrating women-friendly technologies; providing credit and technical support to women's self-help groups; and capacity building for women through agricultural training programs. The document emphasizes the need to reorient extension and research systems to prioritize women farmers and organize women into farmer groups. Overall, the strategies aim to improve women's access to resources and empower them as farmers.
1) Manarcadu Social Service Society proposes establishing an International Sustainable Academy for Fair Trade and Organic Farming in Idukki District, Kerala, India to offer training and education programs related to sustainable agriculture.
2) The Academy would offer certificate courses, workshops, internships and conduct research to promote organic and fair trade practices among small farmers and workers.
3) An initial budget of $2 million USD is estimated to cover infrastructure like buildings, farms, equipment, IT and transportation over the first phase of development. Funding would come from loans, investments and grants from partner organizations.
Understanding he Farming and Health Crisis in Ontario through looking at alKatarina Zlatanovic
The document outlines five ideas to bridge the gap between Ontario's farm income crisis and public health crisis: 1) Support locally consumed produce, meat farmers; 2) Compensate farmers for ecological services; 3) Expand urban agriculture; 4) Increase public procurement of local, sustainable food; 5) Link the food system and public health policy. It argues prioritizing local markets, establishing community food centers, reforming farm programs, and improving food system governance could advance these ideas. Determining which idea has the greatest positive effect requires considering impacts on health, sustainability and economic viability.
The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act aims to improve federal farm bill programs that support local and regional agriculture. It will help farmers and ranchers through programs focused on production, processing, marketing and distribution. It also aims to improve access to healthy food for consumers. The Act will boost income and opportunities for farmers through expanded insurance, loan, and grant programs. It will also improve local food infrastructure and expand access to healthy foods.
Olam has a network of 3.9 million smallholder farmers worldwide that it works with through its Olam Livelihood Charter program. In 2014, Olam reached a milestone of purchasing 1 million tonnes of agricultural products from 350,147 farmers participating in the program across 30 countries. The document provides details on the achievements in 2014, including increasing the number of farmers by 445% since 2010, providing various training programs, financing, and investing in social programs around health, education, and infrastructure.
The Brussels Development Briefing no. 52 on “Food safety: a critical part of the food system in Africa ” took place on 19 September 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels 451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200 Brussels. This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission (DG DEVCO & DG Health and Food Safety), the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and the Global Food Safety Partnership.
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2. Agricultural Extension Services
Agricultural extension has to do with educating farmers– teaching farmers how to
grow crops, raise livestock, or market farm produce.
Extension services are essential to modernize agriculture– farmers need education
to adopt new practices like improved rice or corn, new breed of livestock, or new
ways of marketing their produce.
Extension is effective when:
- Farmers receive research-based information or recommendation
- Farmers increase their production efficiency
- Farmers adopt new and improved practices that are sustainable
3. Agricultural Extension Services
A good extension service requires:
- Well trained extension professionals– so quality agricultural training is
important
- Recommendation on new technology from Agricultural Research Service
- Timely supply of high quality inputs from the private sector – e.g., seed,
fertilizer, pesticides, etc.
Extension is effective when farmers have access to:
- Farm-to-Market roads, irrigation/drainage facilities
- Timely market information – so they get the best price for their produce
- Education & training on production, processing, nutrition, marketing, etc.
4. Agricultural Extension is Changing!
From publicly-funded to public-private partnership (PPP)
From supply driven system to demand-driven system
From top-down structure to decentralized system managed at district level
From centrally directed system to participatory system
From single extension service provider to pluralistic service providers (NGOs, PVOs,
CO, etc.)
Serving primarily the male farmers to both male and female farmers
5. Agriculture in Cambodia
Agriculture accounts about 1/3rd (34%) of national GDP
Agriculture sector employs almost 80% of the workforce
Rice is the main crop. Livestock is an important component of the farm.
Aquaculture & fishery are equally important for food security and nutrition.
Agriculture is characterized as subsistence-based agriculture
Low agricultural productivity
It is classified as one of the food insecure countries
6. USAID’s Support to Food Security
Cambodia HARVEST -- a five-year integrated food security and climate change
program supported by the American people.
The project also aims at increasing the capacity of the public and private sectors
and civil society to support agricultural competitiveness.
Specific objectives include:
Increase incomes for 70,000 rural households;
Accrue economic benefits for 140,000 people;
Develop income-generating activities for 7,000 "extreme poor" households;
Diversify cropping systems for 31,500 households; and
Generate $28 million in incremental new agricultural sales.
7. USAID/Cambodia's Feed the Future:
Cambodia HARVEST
It targets four provinces around the Tonle Sap Great Lake:
Battambang, Pursat, Siem Reap, and Kampong Thom
According to findings from the baseline survey:
Over 90% of households are rice producers
Average yield of paddy rice is about 2000Kg/Ha (national average:3000Kg/Ha)
Vegetable is grown in a small piece of land, i.e., 0.09 Ha
Only few farmers raise fish in the ponds
There is a need for strong agricultural extension service in the area. I believe it is
equally important in other provinces.
8. Key Interventions of
Cambodia HARVEST
Disseminate modern agricultural technologies and management practices.
Enhance national capacity for adaptive research
Increase crop diversification
Promote efficiency improvements across value chains
Improve market awareness and connectivity to production outputs.
Promote women's economic empowerment
Increase access to credit to support producer
Improve quality assurance on inputs.
Enhance the policy, legal, business and regulatory framework
Establish new models for agricultural extension services to help farmers with
technology adoption. The essence of this workshop!
9. USAID/Cambodia's Feed the Future:
Cambodia HARVEST
In addition to several intervention described earlier, Cambodia HARVEST
supports:
Policy formulation (in agriculture and natural resources management areas)
National dialog/workshop to strengthen extension management
Innovative ways to strengthen education and training institutions
Ways to strengthen linkages between agricultural research and extension
Ways to promote partnership between the public and the private sector
I hope this workshop will contributes to these goals! I wish you will have a
productive discussion on extension.
Thank you.