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CEDAC envisions a Cambodian society where small farming households enjoy good living conditions and strong mutual cooperation,
with the right and power to determine their own destiny, as well as playing an important role in supplying healthy food for the
whole society.
To achieve this vision we are committed to working for the improvement of lives of small farmers and other rural poor by
enabling them to increase food production and income while ensuring environmental sustainability and maintaining strong social cooperation.
The overall objective
From 2010 to 2014, CEDAC has committed to strengthening the capacity and ownership of 500,000 small farmers to improve quality of life and to participate actively in society development.
Key areas of development indicators :
- Improved health conditions (mainly improved food, nutrition and sanitation)
- Developed collective action and mutual cooperation among farmers and stakeholders
- Improved knowledge and self-confidence
- Improved income and saving capital
- Improved quality of natural resources and environment
- Improved participation in local governance
Target groups and Beneficiaries
Primary target groups and bebeficiaries :
- Small farmers, with special focus on poorest, vulnerable groups, PLHAs and indigenous community
- Rural youth, especially school drop- outs
Other target groups (local multiplication) :
- Rural school teachers
- Commune and district councilors
- Development professionals
Thematic focus :
- Technical innovation in ecological agriculture
- Improved access to agricultural inputs and supplies
- Improving market access and developing fair trade
- Developing farmer association and cooperative business
- Community-based organization and networks
- Improving access to irrigation
- Employment and career for rural youth Rural women empowerment
- Improving education for children of poorest families
- Farmer capacity to adapt to Climate Change
- Community based natural resources management
- Livelihood improvement for PLHAs and vulnerable groups
- Improving local governance
- Improving access to clean water
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