Soil and water resources components of "Conservation agriculture production systems for food security in Cambodia and the Philippines". USAID-SANREM-CRSP Project "Cambodian sub-component". Annual Report (April to September 2010)

Boulakia, Stéphane; Chabierski, Stéphane; Veng, Sar; Lyda, Hok

Soil and water resources components of "Conservation agriculture production systems for food security in Cambodia and the Philippines". USAID-SANREM-CRSP Project "Cambodian sub-component". Annual Report (April to September 2010)

2010

Boulakia, Stéphane | Chabierski, Stéphane | Veng, Sar | Lyda, Hok

This report briefly introduces the research and development activities implemented in this first year of operations by the Cambodian team of the SANREM-CRSP. The PADAC team and its local SANREM partners, the NGO AVSF-CICDA (Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans frontière) and the faculty of agronomy of the Royal University of Agriculture have mainly implemented the following actions in the 2 chosen villages of Rattanak Mundul district (Battambang province, west Cambodia): - Initiation of pilot farm extension network for DMC adoption (36 ha with 25 families) combined with farmers organization development - Implementation of the double (DMC vs Plow) plots sub-sample for soil's parameter evolution with T0 soil sampling - Farming systems characterization through a 6 months surveys carried out by 2 master students, supported by CIRAD scientists; requested database for the coming implementation of a Reference Farm Network - Several fields visit to introduce DMC to local farmers (progressive extension of the network) and other stakeholders.(résumé d'auteur)

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