Farmers from 8 provinces, exchanging experiences farming weather-resistant crops

National Seminars On sharing And the implementation of farmers On agricultural techniques Resistant to changing weather On December 30 , 2013 .RFA / Ouk Savborey
Farmers from 8 provinces , Minister of Agriculture NGO And donors , about 100 people gathered 2 days 30 And on December 31 shows the success of the crops resistant to climate change .
Study Centers Agricultural and CEDAC Dr. Yang gasoline in the morning of 30 December 2013 that the ownership of the production And ownership of agricultural technology in climate change Cultivation is your success that did not buy Even seeds , fertilizers , pesticides , etc. . Adding that farmers before planting something is popular regardless of the market Can ownership of production such as planting rice varieties which they buy more And expensive A crop cultivated for quick short harvest . 2 is able to preserve nutritious soil cultivation Can be downloaded from the ground , the long-term . 3 does not use chemical fertilizers Agricultural and toxic drugs Cultivation Is to use only natural compost fertilizer and organic . Meanwhile , farmers switch repeatedly seed crop plant varieties in one place Ownership of agricultural technology .
Dr. Yang Saing : Rice 2 . 1 it is related to how technical plant Although very drought We can also higher . 2 if it did not have enough water Or seasonal drought The aftermath of a prolonged We switch to a different protein crops . We do not need the last farming season, for example, 10-11 we have to do other rice crop Beans , potatoes may be all right as far as the spot 1 . 2 , we convert our farm system perfectly to grow growing diversity In matters other than rice We can harvest crops OK As well as fish products . So why do the same on the ground perfectly We may have more But we can be a But if conditions are favorable It was all so .
Network president farmers and natural Oun Sophal said farmers are not traders are advised to plant varieties using fertilizers or crop grow well . Farmers should merchants to accept our products manufactured back Ownership of production . Crops resistant to climate success Is growing rapidly changing habits Changing crop varieties And the management of water for use in agricultural crops : ' We think that all right and there it yields high is We know that when we do Is sold , how much per kilo We know that While we do We spent only And we will get the money back So means that whatever comes from the experience itself . Otherwise , we will know exactly clear .
Farmers from the village treasure manager Pong district Phaear Kampong Chhnang Ros Sopheap said planting crops without chemicals And using charcoal pearl It helped make the crop can still harvest While weather prolonged drought . But soil moisture and flooding rain Water is quickly penetrate into the ground : Vegetable protein Must also play a night Because we do not have chemotherapy . We long We care so closely like children . By far We harvest it long . But if they use chemical Is not difficult , as we Shot And they walk away They have many matters , it said .
Farmers Voeurn low pre Som village prosperous , Staung Thom claimed that mixed farming area Can overcome the loss of yield . Besides , water management And use natural fertilizers compost , organic fertilizers and natural poison Can crop adaptation to climate change . Mrs. choosing crop varieties suitable to the season Is the growing success of the agricultural crops . She showed that Leaf vegetable crops Such as cabbage mixed They are planted in the cold season Can harvest more Vegetables do not damage the leaves . Whereas , fruit and tubers are planted in the fall season wind It has good fruit fleshy And tubers : « Today It comes from the cold , too hot , too , I use them other vegetables . I planted garlic , leaf morning glory , Khlok pumpkin melon trasaksrauv cucumbers in soil The so-called cover crops And Trop Crop because it resist summer Up to 3 months 4 life because it can be tough not dead , he said .
Minister of Agriculture Ms. Tong Chan Tree said agricultural adaptation to climate change Is to recycle waste into useful It will help improve the environment and water . Example urine and manure leaf trees to combine a compost The body on land Ground beneath a tree And sediment as a natural fertilizer And remove the husks to burn coal And the use of biogas slurry It reduces the toxic gas into the water and the environment , it can be prevented by climate change .
The owner plans to build the agricultural community Resistant to climate change Khin Dara Voth said . . (EED) from Germany CEDAC exploration agricultural techniques resistant to climate change In order to increase the capacity of farmers And development partners on the adaptation measures resistant to changing weather For sustainable living in Asia . Adding that aside , there are funds provided from Miserior support farmers Testing in 30 villages 3 goals Kampong Chhnang , Kampong Speu and Takeo .
This project has a duration of 3 years , from January 2012 to December 2014 . Important project aims Made the improvement of living standards by exploring new ideas With participation To respond to the changing climate of the rural community Particularly vulnerable women from changing weather And livelihoods depend on agriculture And natural resources : In 2012 , this project is the study Or assessments to reduce the vulnerability And 3 perfectly With the participation of local authorities As well as the community as well To set the priority That what is required is a priority . Past and what are the risks And what are those Vulnerability Our farmers have encountered And through which we have been doing that job Determine the mechanism Or methods to deal with them , he said .
CEDAC initiated farmers to develop the self dependence By way of planting rice And rice mixed through spread from farmer to farmer The association organized savings Forming And Producers Association Especially related to organic rice The push to use biogas And stove improvement in rural communities The associated organic food products to the market , etc. Leads to children from poor families And vulnerable families Foster children have attended primary school Because the project 's CEDAC .
CEDAC Report 2013 is made ​​with 1 5 thousand farmers have more than 6 thousand 953 village 131 districts and 22 provinces in Cambodia To be used And crops resistant to climate change .