CEDAC envisions a Cambodian society where small-scale farmers enjoy good living conditions and strong mutual cooperation, with the right and power to determine their own destinies and the capacity to play 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
To strengthen the capacity and ownership of 500,000 small-scale farmers in improving their quality of lives and ensuring their active participation in the development of society.
Key areas of development indicators:
- Improved health conditions, including improved food security, nutrition and sanitation
- Developed collective action and mutual cooperation amongst farmers and stakeholders
- Improved knowledge and self-confidence of small-scale farmers
- Improved income and savings capital of target beneficiaries
- Improved conservation of natural resources and the environment
- Improved participation of farmers in local governance works
Target groups and Beneficiaries
Primary Target Groups and Beneficiaries
CEDAC primarily works with small-scale farmers, with a special focus on poorest households, most vulnerable groups, People Living with HIV/AIDS, and indigenous communities. The organization also targets children and rural youth, especially school dropouts and youth who wish to become agricultural professionals.
Other Target Groups
- Rural school teachers
- Commune and district councilors
- Development professionals
Thematic focus
- Disseminating technical innovations in ecological agriculture
- Supporting community-based savings
- Improving access to local agricultural inputs and supplies
- Improving market access
- Developing farmer’s associations and networks
- Improving access to irrigation through farmer water-user communities
- Supporting careers in agriculture for rural youth
- Empowering rural women
- Improving education for children of the poorest families
- Improving farmers’ capacity to adapt to and mitigate climate change
- Establishing community-based natural resources management committees
- Improving livelihoods for PLHAs and vulnerable groups
- Improving local governance
- Improving access to clean water
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