Cambodia

Horticulture Innovation Lab in Cambodia

As part of Feed the Future, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has conducted research in Cambodia focused on food safety, building vegetable value chains, promoting conservation agriculture practices, integrating livestock systems with horticulture, improving local seed systems, and advancing local expertise in horticulture and postharvest.

This page includes links to Horticulture Innovation Lab research projects, major partners and partner organizations based in Cambodia, along with blog articles and information products with a focus on horticulture in Cambodia.

USAID Information

Project

Investigating integrated vegetable-livestock systems in Cambodia

Led by Jessie Vipham, Kansas State University

The goal of this project is to understand how integrated animal-horticulture systems are most feasible for smallholders by rigorously addressing — through interdisciplinary research — the potential of these systems with regard to sustainable production capacity, income generation, and gender dimensions.

Cambodia

Creating a market niche for 'food-safe' vegetables in Cambodia and Vietnam

Led by Cary J. Trexler, University of California, Davis

The rapid economic growth and population expansion of Cambodian and Vietnam presents opportunities for impacting the livelihood of many people, where horticulture remains an important undeveloped b

Cambodia, Vietnam

women farmers harvesting leafy green vegetables inside nethouse

Building safe vegetable value chains in Cambodia

Led by Karen LeGrand, University of California, Davis

This international project team is focusing efforts on linking smallholder farmers to other value chain actors, to connect vegetable production with market demand.

Cambodia

Promoting conservation agriculture for vegetable growers in Cambodia and Nepal

Led by Manuel Reyes, Kansas State University

In regions of Cambodia and Nepal, water can be scarce for extended periods, negatively affecting horticultural crop production and food security.

Cambodia, Nepal

Woman farmer in Cambodia in vegetable farm blog with mulch and drip irrigation tank.

Empowering women vegetable growers with drip irrigation in Cambodia

Led by Manuel Reyes, Kansas State University

Horticulture crop production, a woman's domain in parts of Southeast Asia, is plagued by yield losses because of drought and unequal opportunities for women.

Cambodia

Women seated on a mat sort through labeled packets of seeds

Strengthening indigenous seed systems in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam

Led by Rick Bates, The Pennsylvania State University

Informal seed systems provide access to locally adapted indigenous crops and constitute an essential component of sustainable production for resource-poor farmers.

Thailand, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam

Researchers in packing shed discuss postharvest practices of papaya.

Strengthening local expertise in postharvest practices in Cambodia and Vietnam

Led by Robert Paull, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Postharvest losses of fruits and vegetables in Vietnam and Cambodia are very high.

Cambodia, Vietnam

Articles

Farmer carrying bundles of freshly harvested vegetables from his field in Cambodia

Agricultural innovations help Cambodian farmers thrive

With help from Horticulture Innovation Lab researchers, they’re growing nutritious crops that boost their income.

New project combines vegetables and livestock in Cambodian farming

New research supported by the Horticulture Innovation Lab at UC Davis aims to help farmers in Cambodia better integrate growing vegetables, raising livestock and maintaining healthy soil — all in the same place.

Farmer group sets up net tunnel in Cambodia

Should I use pest-exclusion nets? 7 tips from Sun Tzu’s Art of War

Poon Kasemsap explains how axioms such as "the greatest victory is that which requires no battle" applies to pest-exclusion nets and reasons farmers might want to adopt nets as a pest management solution.

Marketers with baskets of vegetables in Phnom Penh 'safe vegetables' market

5 ways relationships promote innovation – and can improve food safety

Karen LeGrand writes about her team's idea that when we focus work around the shared interests of a community, it can bring people together in participatory ways that result in innovation and sustainable change.

farmer selling fresh vegetables to a woman from bins in a trailer

Cambodian farmers reach new buyers with a fresh approach

Leaning into her tuktuk, Eang Chakriya opens a cooler and takes out fresh vegetables that have been carefully packed and chilled, showing them to a group of neighbors to purchase.

man counting cash while group members watch

Building trust in food systems – here and in Cambodia

What is the role of trust in our food system? It can be easy to forget that trust is a critical first step in many agricultural relationships. Establishing trust between actors in a food system has been critical for a project in Cambodia focused on increasing availability of safe vegetables for Cambodian consumers.

Nine new Trellis Fund projects awarded

The Horticulture Innovation Lab has announced nine new projects led by organizations in Africa and Asia as part of its Trellis Fund program.

Photo essay from Cambodia: Vegetables from field to market

In 2016, UC Davis team members from the Horticulture Innovation Lab walked through postharvest practices of vegetable farmers working with a project team led by Manny Reyes.

Woman farmer kneels in a field row, planting seedlings into mulch

Huffington Post on hidden hunger and Cambodian farmers

A pregnant farmer growing nutritious vegetables in 100 degree heat was the impetus for an article on the Huffington Post last week about hidden hunger, Cambodian farmers

Bunthan speaks at podium, in front of a poster that reads "Symposium on Horticultural Science"

Symposium on Horticultural Science: Highlights from Cambodia’s premier agricultural university

Approximately 175 participants attended a Symposium on Horticultural Science, held March 18 at the Royal University of Agriculture campus in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The event was presented by the Royal University of Agriculture in collaboration with the Horticulture Innovation Lab.

Woman farmer picks squash from trellis plant, with American scientist observing.

Following vegetables from field to market in Cambodia

While in Cambodia, I visited a project working with women vegetable farmers who have been successfully practicing conservation agriculture. As a postharvest specialist, I have been advising the team remotely about postharvest handling and low-cost technologies.