Moving toward Low Carbon Agriculture through ESD: Case Study of Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia Case Study Session Dr. Jeeranuch Sakkhamduang, RCE Greater Phnom Penh 12th Asia-Pacific Regional RCE Meeting 4-6 June, 2019, Hangzhou, China

1. Moving toward Low Carbon
Agriculture through ESD:
Case study of Kampong Cham
Province, Cambodia
RCE Greater Phnom Penh
and
Institute of Environmental Rehabilitation and Conservation (ERECON)
the 12th AP-RCE Conference, Hangzhou, China
4-6 June 2019

2. Content
 Introduction of RCE Greater Phnom Penh
 Project’s rational, aims and activities
 Outcomes of the 1st and 2nd year
 Roles of stakeholders
 Lessons learned and key message

3. RCE Greater Phnom Penh
 RCE Greater Phnom Penh (RCE-GPP) was officially acknowledged by UNU-
IAS in December 2009
 It works in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and with its six surrounding provinces
such as Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu, Kandal, Prey
Veng andTakeo
 The activities has been being focused on promoting Education for
Sustainable Development (ESD) in the area of Greater Phnom Penh,
especially regarding the Food,Agriculture and Environmental Education

4. Project’s rational
 Insufficient agricultural extension service in Cambodia is one of the
factors lead to unsustainable agricultural practices
 Unsustainable agricultural practices lead to several environmental
problems, one of those is the release of greenhouse gas from
burning farm residues, transportation of agricultural inputs and etc.
 To enhance ability of extension officers and farmers to tackle the
mentioned problems, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
is the key approach of the project
 RCE GPP is implementing Project on Promoting Sustainable
Agricultural Conditions for Poverty Reduction
in Kampong Cham Province from October 2017-September
2020
 The project aims to promote sustainable agricultural conditions
through various forms of education for change agents (agricultural
extension officers) and farmers in the province

5. Project Aims
 Aims:
◦ Setting up the conditions to promote sustainable
agriculture in the province
◦ PDA and DOA officers as well as farmers gain knowledge
and technique of sustainable farming with cyclic use of
natural resources
◦ Capacity of PDA and DOA officers for promotion of
sustainable agriculture is built up
◦ Poverty level is lowered among farmers by reducing the
purchase amounts of chemical fertilizer and pesticide, and
income, environmental and health issues are improved
through producing better agricultural products
◦ ESD and SDGs are widely recognized and achieved

6. Kampong Cham Province
 Project area covers ten districts of Kampong Cham Province

7. Project Activities
Learning
• Technical training for
agricultural
extension officers
and 500 district
groups farmers
• Workshop for 1,000
general farmers
Collaboration
• MoA signing
between key
stakeholders
• Project evaluation by
stakeholders and
external experts
Outreaches
• Guidebooks on
sustainable farming
practices
• District model farms as
a showcase of
sustainable farming
practices
• Center for promoting
sustainable agricultural
practices in provincial
and district levels
• Conditions for sales of
low chemical inputs
agricultural products

8. Outcomes of the 1st and 2nd year (1)
1.Technical training in Cambodia and Thailand for PDAFF and
DDAFF officers under the theme of “Improving Soil Fertility” and
“Pellet Compost and Irrigation Techniques” were conducted
2. Guidebooks on sustainable farming with cyclic use of natural
resources are under process of editing by experts in agricultural
field
3. MOA signing among PDAFF, DDAFF, Royal University of
Agriculture (RUA) and Kampong Cham National School of
Agriculture (KCNSA)
◦ Collaboration between academic experts and PDAFF/DAFFs
◦ Dispatch of experts from RUA and KCNSA to support training/workshops
◦ Internship for students at PDAFF/DDAFFs etc.

9. 4. Making PDAFF and DDAFFs the center for promoting
sustainable agriculture
5.Workshops for District Group for Promoting Sustainable
Agriculture (DG) under the topic of “Improving Soil Fertility” was
conducted for 500 DG members in 10 districts.
Outcomes of the 1st and 2nd year (2)

10. 6. District Model Farm (DMF), 20 DMF were established in 10
districts
7.Workshop for general farmers under the topic of “Improving
Soil Fertility” was conducted for 1,000 farmers in 10 districts
8. Annual evaluation of project was conducted on August 2018
Outcomes of the 1st and 2nd year (3)

11. Image of dissemination of knowledge and technique
ActivityStakeholders
Monitoring
PDAFF and DDAFF
officersTechnical training
Workshop
Model farmers
and DG farmers
ERECON, RUA
and KPCNSA
General farmers
ERECON, PDAFF
and DDAFF officers
ERECON, PDAFF and
DDAFF officers
Model farmers and DG
farmers
ERECON, PDAFF and
DDAFF officers
RUA and KPCNSA
Model farmers, DG
farmers and General
farmers
Workshop
Stakeholders
Feedback
Feedback
Revise/
improve
Revise/
improve
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12. Roles of stakeholders
 ERECON, executes and
facilitates the project
 RUA and KPCNSA, providing
experts to support
trainings/workshops, arrange
students for internship
 KPCPDAFF, supports the
premise for constructing the
center for promoting sustainable
agriculture, PDAFF and DOAFF
officers disseminating knowledge
and techniques, involve the
concept, practices, knowledge
from the project to sub-national
policy
 Farmers, applying knowledge and
transfer to other farmers
JAPAN
RUA
KPCNSA
ERECON
Farmer
KPCPDA
RCE Greater Phnom Penh

13. Projects SDGs andTargets
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
End hunger, achieve food security and
improved nutrition, and promote
sustainable agriculture
4.7 All learners acquire the knowledge and skills
needed to promote sustainable development, through
education for sustainable development
Ensure sustainable consumption and
production patterns
13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and
human and institutional capacity on climate
change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction
and early warning

14. Lessons Learned from the 1st and 2nd year
 From the first year of the project, the main challenge is
the low literacy level of famers
 It makes the stakeholders to improve conventional
outreaches from pamphlet/handout to demonstration
and practice which can engage more farmers and make
them more understand the content/message
 Closely monitoring or farm visit is vital to encourage
farmers to practice more of sustainable agriculture
practices

15. Lessons Learned from the 1st and 2nd year
ActivityStakeholders
Monitoring
PDAFF and DDAFF
officersTechnical training
Workshop
Model farmers
and DG farmers
ERECON, RUA
and KPCNSA
General farmers
ERECON, PDAFF
and DDAFF officers
ERECON, PDAFF and
DDAFF officers
Model farmers and DG
farmers
ERECON, PDAFF and
DDAFF officers
RUA and KPCNSA
Model farmers, DG
farmers and General
farmers
Workshop
Stakeholders
Feedback
Feedback
Revise/
improve
Revise/
improve
Image of dissemination of knowledge and technique
University
students from
KPCNSA

16. Key Message
 To promote sustainable agriculture that leads to
responsible consumption and production and low-
carbon agriculture, smallholder farmer is the
fundamental of the change which leads to the goals
 Education for sustainable development is indispensable
for smallholder farmers to change their conventional
agricultural practice to sustainable farming practices

17. Thank you very much
for your attention!