2. CAMBODIA

Title of the Project

The Study on Linkage of Sustainable Development between Agricultural Sector and Environment/Human Health

Summary

Chemical fertilizers are popularly used in Cambodia, meanwhile there are less activities to extract benefits from existing enable sources to create desirable options, for instance, organic wastes, other materials ─ these are major sources of composting. As a general observation, the application of organic waste composting for agricultural land improvement is still limited, although it was of attention to the responsible institutions.

Therefore, the requirement of education, dissemination, and mainstreaming this initiative among farmers, local communities and other stakeholders should be promoted. Achieving this goal means to consistently increase crop yields and improve local socio-economy through either cutting down any expenses on agro-chemicals or do not pay for health maintenance and/or health treatment, which caused by water pollution. The project has the target to mainstream awareness, knowledge to stakeholders, especially farmers, in order to transform into the obvious implementation for achieving the solely target of sustainable development.

Key Activities

Task 1:  Project team identifies the gaps in managing, education, etc. to local communities and line agencies as well.
Task 2:  The real practice of organic- waste composting (environmental friendly) at pilot sites will be performed as a lesson learn and mainstreamed to all stakeholders.
Task-3: Educating, disseminating and training provide to local communities, farmers, and local authorities, in order to urge and transform this pilot practice into common practice
Task-4: Changing mutual experience among farmers from various selected provinces/areas in the target of best practice comparison, and improvement of daily application in complying with the environmentally sound manner.

Contact Info

Dr. Chrin Sokha, Deputy Director General, General Directorate of  Technical Affairs
#48, Samdech Preah Sihanouk, Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia  
Telephone: (+855) 12 545 007    or (+855) 12 369 070
Fax: (+855) 23 220 392
E-mail: sokha_chrin@yahoo.com   /   chrinsokha@gmail.com