LoA Project Highlights Mr. Kong Pheach Director of Agro-Industry department Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries GMS Working Group on Agriculture

Contract farming training material What are the major outputs and outcome from the project implementation? Output: Contract farming tools (guideline, CF format, draft letter of agreement) Contract farming training material 30 agricultural technical officers were trained 300 smallholder farmers and 15 buyers (50% women) were trained 2 demonstration sites/plots on contract farming model were established in Battambang and Pailin province At least 30 farms/famer associations were registered and signed contract farming with buyers; and 300 brochure and video spots of activities were produced Note: Examples should include in-country inputs to CASP regional activities where applicable as well as national activities. Use the summary of country progress from the 2015 Annual Progress Report as reference.

Training to farmers, buyers and stakeholders

Economic (livelihood, income generation) What are the major outputs and outcome from the project implementation? Outcome: Economic (livelihood, income generation) Women participation and empowerment Social (reduce violence, increase job, return from city to community) Environment (climate change, reduce agrochemical use…) Support to agricultural policies and plans Knowledge and awareness in contract farming mechanism toward contract farming making/registration Note: Examples should include in-country inputs to CASP regional activities where applicable as well as national activities. Use the summary of country progress from the 2015 Annual Progress Report as reference. Output Outcome

2. What are the lesson learned ? Many farmers did not understand about contract farming The implementation of the contract is low Does not have contract on all crops, only longan and mango Farmers who did not do contracts with buyers, could sell their products with cheap price and take risk in market accessibility Used to have confliction between producers and buyers Longan, cucumber and mango are still contracted slightly and did contracts by oral and written between producers and buyers No community for collecting their agricultural product

3. What are the project implementation issues? Lack of qualified trained personnel who are able to provide farming communities with relevant and efficient service in response to the local needs on contract farming, lack of farmers’ knowledge and skills related to contract farming Inadequate opportunities for farmers to systematically share, discuss, analyze and resolve the problems they are facing by themselves.

4. What are your key success? Baseline data survey Review on existing material, guideline and procedure of contract farming Project launching workshop at provincial level TOT on contract farming to officers at provincial level Training to farmers and buyers Consultation meeting with farmers Exchange visit for farmers Facilitate farm registration Produce document (leaflet, brochures and Video spot) Project monitoring and evaluation

Baseline Survey Exchange visiting TOT Training to farmers

6. What are the activities to be upcaled? Strengthen the activities of PDA, who are the implementer of contract farming continually with the technical supporting from nation and provincial level Continues the training of contract farming to farmers The nation level should organize the policies, including: - encouragement of importing (input) and exporting of agricultural products (reduce tax/duty free) - encouragement through facilitating of the registration and condition review of contract farming if there any requests from a party or both parties - encouragement of credit accessibility of both parties (producer or buyer party) - encouragement of conflict resolution outside court system

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