FARMER AND NATURE NET ( FNN)

FNN history

FNN was established be CEDAC, sponsored by FNF, in December

2003, and officially registered at the Ministry of interior (MoI) on

March 10, 2006. Main goals of FNN are to promote the family

economy of small scale farmers and develop equitable and

sustainable rural community through typical activities of

agricultural extension, saving and credit cooperatives and

business rice cooperatives. Besides that, FNN has also

supported rural farmer youth, poorest and women groups to

raise awareness on management of natural resources, climate

change and advocacy. Up to now FNN working in 16 provinces,

59 districts, 212 communes, 863 village with 1282 saving

group, 320 producer group have 53226 member.

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE

PRACTICE BY FNN ( FARMER AND NATURE NET)

FNN promoting small scale farmer household to applies ecological agriculture innovative to improving their livelihood for sustainable development in Cambodia, such as

Promoting farmer household to applies new innovation, Systems of Rice Intensification ( SRI)

Promoting farmer to growing organic vegetable and home garden at their homeland for reducing expenses and health. Promoting ecological chicken raising ( ECR)

Promoting farmer for using botanical

pesticide, and saving compost

Promoting national resources

conservation, reforestation.

Last one linking farmer small scal product

to the market

WHAT FNN DOING TO PROMOTE ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

AND ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE PRACTICES

FNN promoting small scale farmer household for applying

organic agriculture, and encouraging farmer using local input

for agriculture production and linking all farmer products to

the market.

Promoting farmer to applies SRI innovation

Promoting farmer to growing organic vegetable

Promoting farmer to applies ecological chicken raising ( ECR)

Farmer feeding for chicken Separate small chicken

Promoting farmer to using botanical pesticide and compost

Botanical pesticide Compost manure

Promoting natural resources conservation and tree planting

Community pond for fish conservation Farmer and monk dig community pond

Reforestation The monk planting multi purpose tree

FNN PROMOTE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION

General information in Cambodia

1.85% of 15 million Cambodian lives in the rural

area and depend directly and indirectly on

agriculture. The majority of rural poor are

subsistence rice farmers with small land holding

(1-2 ha/family).

2.There is increasing the number of farmers with

land holding less than 0.5ha/family.

3.Agricultural and food production of most farming

household does not reach the subsistence level,

especially mono-rice cropping.

According to its natural potential , rice plants have:

• More profuse tillering, 50 tiller per plant, with some having many more

• Larger and deeper root system

• Larger panicle

• Higher quality grain, and often higher grain weight

• SRI methods create a conducive environment for rice to grow

• Tillering potential of rice plant

• Tiller development and root

growth of rice with traditional

and SRI methods

For SRI, the best result or the optimal yield is

achieved only through the proper combination

of the improved practices to create synergy

effect. The more good practices farmer can

apply, the more yield they will get

For the first start, if farmers just select only

strong seedling for transplanting, reduce the

number of seedling per clump and shallow

rooted transplanting yield can be increased to

more than 30 % (no extra)

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND SRI PRACTICES

Traditional ( conventional)

• Rice field is continuously flooded

with high level of water during the

vegetative stage

• Seedling is raised with too much

water, and the seedling density is

high

• Transplanting too many seedlings

per clump, mixture of weak and

thick seedling

• Seedling age is too old, generally

more than one month

• Seedling is uprooted with

damage to root and stem, and is

kept for one to two days before

transplanting

• Seedlings are transplanted with

close spacing and no equal

spacing

SRI

• Only minimal water, preferably

keeping the soil only moist and

dry/wet condition

• Seedling is raised in bed like

vegetable bed, and the seed

density is very low

• Young seedling, preferably less

than 15 day

• Only 1 to 2, but preferably one

seedling per clump, only vigorous

seedling

• Young seedling is uprooted and

transplanted with care,

transplanted immediately after

uprooting

• Wide spacing and square pattern

or in line transplanting

HOW TO MAINSTREAM AND INCORPORATE SRI INTO THE

NATIONAL STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE

ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA

• CEDAC’ s own experimentation (1999)

• On farm trial with interested farmers (2000)

• Field day,

• Farmer Exchange

• Regular monitoring and evaluation

• Workshop ( commune, district, province, and national level)

• Media (Radio, TV, Newspaper)

• Farmer to farmer extension approach

• Mobilization of Development Partnership (28

Local 12 International Organization, and 19

Provincial Department of Agricultures)

• Internal and External Evaluation (CEDAC and

GTZ)

• Network of Ecological Agriculture Development

in Cambodia (NEDC)

• SRI Secretariat (CEDAC Representative and

Representative of the Department of

Agriculture and Land Improvement: DALI)

During 2014 and this year for promoting SRI, FNN and

CEDAC organizing SRI Award with farmers

• 2014 three farmer will get SRI award

• 2015 five farmer will get SRI award

LINKAGE FARMER PRODUCTS TO THE MARKET

Up to 2015, FNN and CEDAC , purchasing organic paddy from farmer producer group 2000Tone for exportation and 1000Tone for local market. For exportation we always hire certification body from BCS ( from Germany) to certified organic rice for export to USA, Gemany, Hong Kong, Singapore and Viet Name. For local market we use the paddy certification by CEDAC and FNN ( use internal control system). Up to now 11 markets opening in the Phnom Penh for selling farmer organic product, and we ready Installed milling rice five places

CENTRAL MILLING MACHINE FOR EXPORT

DISTRICT LEVEL FOR LOCAL MARKET

SUCCESSES AND BEST PRACTICE

Farmer improving their livelihood through applies

ecology agriculture ( Increase yield every year )

Farmer have a power for negotiate with middle-man

and also selling agriculture produce in high price than

before ( selling and buying together and through rice

mill cooperative)

Farmer increase saving and have more capital in the

saving association

Farmer producer group easily to access the market

through Natural Agri-product Market

CHALLENGES AND LESSON LEARN

• Lack of capital for purchase organic rice

• Competition with exporter

• Paddy flow to border country ( VN and Thai)

• Low quality of paddy

• No dryer machine

LESSON LEARNT

• Working with district cooperative and make a contract among of paddy for export and selling in Phnom Penh.

• Creating new market channel for farmer ( niche market)

• Development through agricultural cooperative

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