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Community Safety Nets - Establishment of rice seed banks at village level — approaches

Community Safety Nets - Establishment of rice seed … [Cambodia]

A rice (seed) bank is a community safety net system where farmers can get both rice seeds for cultivation and rice for consumption from a communal storage house in order to increase their food security by guaranteeing: (1) year-round access to high quality seeds and rice for consumption, (2) access …

Compiler: Stefan Graf
02/15/2017 5:08 p.m.

Collection, selection, breeding and dissemination of locally adapted rice varieties at the Local Agricultural Research and Extension Centre LAREC. — approaches

Collection, selection, breeding and dissemination of locally adapted … [Cambodia]

Local genetic rice varieties which are better adapted to changing climatic conditions are collected on farms, tested, described, selected or bred into new varieties and again distributed to farmers with the goal to increase their food security

Compiler: Stefan Graf
02/17/2017 4:47 p.m.

A Safe Vegetable Growers Group in the Svaymeanchey Satrey Samaki Agricultural Cooperative — approaches

A Safe Vegetable Growers Group in the Svaymeanchey … [Cambodia]

The safe vegetable growers group was formed by farmers on a voluntary basis and is part of an Agricultural Cooperative. It supports the selling of products through an organized group to buyers. The producers and the buyers have to sign a contract as the main agreement and with set principles. …

Compiler: Navin Chea
10/13/2017 4:27 a.m.

Water user group [Cambodia]

A water user group, led by a committee staff, decides about the distribution of the water during the dry season to plant dry season rice.

Compiler: Stefan Graf
10/27/2014 midnight

Model farmer [Cambodia]

Model farms were introduced by a NGO in order to spread knowledge about SLM (compost, System of Rice Intensification SRI, and other technologies) in the project area.

Compiler: Christoph Kaufmann
10/27/2014 midnight

Stabilisation of irrigation channels in sandy soils with old rice bags and Pandanus plants — technologies

Stabilisation of irrigation channels in sandy soils with … [Cambodia]

In sandy areas, old rice bags are filled with sand and piled up as dikes bordering irrigation channels, and Pandanus plants are used to stabilize them on the long term.

Compiler: Stefan Graf
11/06/2014 10:50 a.m.

Intercropping of vegetables to control pests along the Mekong river bank — technologies

Intercropping of vegetables to control pests along the … [Cambodia]

Cropping by setting up alternative rows of different crops: lettuce, pak choi, escarole, choy sum and morning glory for a reduction in damage from insects. This technique incorporates the spreading of lime in advance for control of soil pests, and plant derived pesticide is applied during the cultivation period. This …

Compiler: Nary Lay
04/23/2017 6:10 p.m.

Multipurpose use of sugar palm grown on rice field dykes. — technologies

Multipurpose use of sugar palm grown on rice … [Cambodia]

Sugar palms growing on the dykes along the rice fields are used as source of income and have different effects on the growing of the rice, like reducing the wind speed and thus the evaporation and wind erosion.

Compiler: Stefan Graf
10/17/2014 9:32 a.m.

Using slurry from biodigester for soil improvement [Cambodia]

Biodigester slurry sourced from cow manure is used as an important natural fertilizer for the cultivation of crops. It is a form of organic fertilizer that is thoroughly decomposed, does not have an awful smell, or contain living weed seeds, fungi and other viruses. It can also be used immediately …

Compiler: Nary Lay
05/02/2017 6:54 a.m.

Eggplant cultivation technique between lemon trees [Cambodia]

Eggplant cultivation between lemon trees using restroom and crop residues as a source of soil nutrients instead of being reliant on the use of chemical fertilizers.

Compiler: Be Gechkim
08/28/2017 8:48 a.m.

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