Farmer and Nature Net (FNN), the national implementing agency of the MTCP2 Program in Cambodia, hosted a field visit to the Aphiwat Srokyeung Agricultural Cooperative in Prey Chhor district, Kampong Cham province with Marek Poznanski of CSA and Cris Paez and Jojo Ebron of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) to seek understanding about the operational status, management and leadership, challenges and solution, and strategic plan of the cooperative.
The Medium Term Cooperation Program Phase 2 (MTCP2), a five-year capacity building program supported by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and European Union (EU), has been implemented in 19 countries across 3 sub-regions—Southeast Asia, South Asia, Pacific—engaging 1,544 sub-national farmer organizations with total membership of around 22 million women and men farmers. The funding support (total budget of $ 5 Million for whole duration of project across 19 countries) serves as a catalytic fund that will allow FOs to enhance their capacity to be effective channels of economic services to farmers. The program thus far have contributed to the formation of strong national platform of Farmers’ Organization with improved capacity to engage in policy processes and mobilize resources from mainstream agricultural development programs like extension services, credit and pre and post harvest facilities. the program also helped in transforming farmers association into commodity-based cooperatives to strengthen the role of the small-scale farmers within an inclusive and sustainable value-chain. The program is being implemented by the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and La Via Campesina (LVC).
Photos by MTCP2 Cambodia
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