• Cambodia, Mr. Seng Vang

1. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Item 1
GSP developments of
regional interest
Ms. Lucrezia Caon
NENA Soil Partnership coordinator
Item 2
Kingdom of Cambodia|
National updates
By Dr. Seng Vang
Department of Agricultural Land Resources Management (DALRM);
General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA);
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
ASP National Focal Point-Cambodia
6th ASP meeting, 4-5 February 2021

2. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 1: Promote sustainable management of
soil resource protection, conservation and sustainable
productivity
• Produced the “Guideline for Sustainable Land Management of Watershed” under
GEF and UNDP funded pilot project entitle “Collaborative Management for
Watershed and Ecosystem Service Protection and Rehabilitation in the Cardamom
Mountains, Upper Prek Thnot River Basin (CoWES)”;
• Promoted the best practices on site specific nutrient management (SSNM) in rice
production system through the approaches of soil analysis and nutrient ratting
based on crop requirement;
• Enhancing soil and nutrient management for Improving Jasmine rice production
system through application of 15N Stable Isotopic Technique;
• Promoted Conservation Agriculture (CA) technology and knowledge;
• Created CASIC (Cambodia Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable
Intensification Consortium), a platform for scaling up CA at country and region
level.

3. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 2: Encourage investment, technical
cooperation, policy, education awareness and extension
in soil
• Provided national training courses on Sustainable Soil
Management for the stakeholders in watershed landscape
for sub-national level (Public provincial departments,
Provincial to local authorities, Economic Land Concession
companies, Forest Protection Communities, etc.);
• Provided National training on Soil and Nutrient
Management for Safety Vegetable Production for
Agricultural Cooperatives (Socioeconomic reformed strategy
adopted by Cambodian Government in Covid-19 pandemic).

4. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 2: Encourage investment, technical
cooperation, policy, education awareness and extension
in soil
• Provided national training on Conservation Agriculture for
staff of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries (PDAFFs) to strengthen CA extension networks;
• Institutional capacity building on Digital Soil Mapping under
the Technical Cooperation Project with supported by
AFACI/RDA and FAO;
• Developed the National Soil Information System (Web-based
app);
• Cambodian Soil Note is expected to publish in this year, 2021.

5. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
What did your country do on the World Soil Day?

6. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
•Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 3:Promote targeted soil research and
development focusing on identified gaps and priorities
and synergies with related productive, environmental
and social development actions
To mitigate GHGs emission actions and enhance
Carbon Sequestration, DALRM has promoted
• CA R4D and its practices (Improved soil health,
soil quality, crop yields and quality, preventing
soil erosion; and
• Improved nitrogen use efficiency in rice crop
production.

7. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
10.45
4.11
41.89
3.05
0
10
20
30
40
50
CT CA_Green manure CT CA_planting green
Soil
eroded
quantity
(T/ha)
Slope 3% Slope 5%
Quantity of Soil erosion in maize production system (Rattanak Mondul District, Battambang Province, 2019)
CT – Conventional Tillage, CA – Conservation Agriculture
Main activities implemented in the country under Pillar 4: Enhance
the quantity and quality of soil data and information : data collection
(generation), analysis, validation, reporting, monitoring, and
integration with other disciplines

8. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 4: Enhance the quantity and quality of soil
data and information: data collection (generation),
analysis, validation, reporting, monitoring, and
integration with other disciplines
• Soil data from field surveys analyzed;
• Salt affected soil map produced (pH, EC, and ESP);
• In progress with:
• Updating soil organic carbon map,
• Rice soil classification and mapping,
• Soil information system (Web-based application).

9. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 5: Harmonization of methods,
measurements and indicators for the sustainable
management and protection of soil resources
• Harmonization of
General Soil Map
of Cambodia into
WRB system in the
ASP framework.

10. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
My appreciation to Mr. Phy Chhin for preparing this presentation.
Thanks for
your attention