Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – Kraing Leav Commune, Rolea Pa’ear District, Kampong Chhnang has an unfortunate farmer history under the French Colonial in 1925 during the uprising against Resident Badez due to the oppression of farmers for their inability to pay tax on paddy fields. To this day, residents of Kraing Leav District depend mainly on […]
Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – The residents of Boeng Leach Village, Sethey Commune, Samaki Meanchey District, Kampong Chhnang mostly grow rice and crops, and raise animals for a living. Their farming tends to rely on traditional methods. There is only limited use of modern techniques and therefore the yields are minimal. This has made it almost […]
Yangon, Myanmar – Kyaw Lin Htay lives in Tha Byay Kone Village, Thanlyin Township, Yangon Region with his family. He enjoys farming and has a very good view of agriculture development. Htay wants to have a healthy environment, a happy family, and peaceful society. He loves nature thus, he wants to make sure that he […]
Kampong Thom, Cambodia – Born from a farming family in Panha Chy Village, Tbaung Krampeu Commune, Santuk District, Kampong Thom, But Sovann graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Prek Leap School in Phnom Penh. Wearing a smile as he looks at the dug fish ponds, he says, “We are sons of farmers so […]
Lam Dong, Vietnam – Lam Dong Province in the Central Highland region of Vietnam has a lot of potential because of its advantages in nature, climate, and land suitable for agricultural development. One of the crops grown in the area is coffee. Coffee farmers in Lam Dong have a lot of experience in growing coffee, […]
Battambang, Cambodia – The Sangha Phal Agricultural Cooperative was established and registered officially at Battambang Agricultural Department in February 2004. The agricultural cooperative, located in Prey Sangha Village, Khnach Romeas Commune, Bavel District, Battambang, was established initially with 48 members of whom 15 were female with a total capital of KHR 1,920,000 (Cambodian riels) or […]
Manashi Pattayet is a 52-year-old fisherwoman living in Udaypur Village in the Balasore District of Odisha (PO- Bhograi, PS-Marine Talasari) with her husband Khagendra Pattayet and their four daughters and one son. Khagendra used to work as a fisherman, but due to old age, he was now unable to continue with this physically demanding occupation. […]
Yangon, Myanmar – Ko Phyo lives in Bagan Taung village, Thanlyin, Yangon Region, Myanmar. In 2015, he attended a two-week farmer empowerment training conducted by the AFFM (Agriculture and Farmer Federation of Myanmar) where he learned natural resources management, organic agriculture, compost-making, and mushroom-growing. “I don’t have any training or resources that I can use […]
