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Multidimensional Evaluation of Agroecological Performance in Battambang Initiative, Cambodia (MuLAgE)

Funder: ALiSEA

Objective:

► To compare agroecological and non-agroecological farms of farmers practice in study area
► To access baseline data on the current agroecology practice and transition
► To identify the agroecology constraints and its characteristics for agroecological transition
► To generate multi-dimensional strategies to adopt in order to promote agroecological transition.

Status: Ongoing

Agro-ecology and Safe Food System Transition (ASSET)

Funder: French Development Agency - AFD, European Union - EU, French Facility for Global Environment - FFEM

Objective:

► Is to transform food and agricultural systems in Southeast Asia into more sustainable, safer and inclusive systems, through harnessing the potential of Agroecology

Status: Ongoing

Agroecological crop protection: towards international co-innovation dynamics and evidence of sustainability

Funder: European Commission

Objective:

► Produce Scientific Evidence that agroecological crop protection (ACP) is sustainable
► Support Place-based ACP co-innovation initiatives (SAS)
► Perform Research & Innovation on ACP methods

Status: ongoing

social science research on the slow emergence of the public health problem of pesticides in Cambodia.

Funder: Fondation de France

Objective:

► To explore the daily practices of pesticide users, the correlations farmers make between pesticides and health and the management of these ailments within their everyday life.

Status: Ongoing

Deltas’ dealings with uncertainty: Multiple practices and knowledge’s of delta governance (DOUBT Project)

Funder: ANR, ESRC UK, NWO The Netherlands

Objective:

► Characterize water and land management practices in the major Asian deltas of south and south-east and the body of knowledge, knowledge, and expertise associated with it
► Identify the networks and mechanisms by which certain conceptions of what can delta; and therefore desirable interventions for their management - are required
► From a research-committed perspective, set up participatory processes multi-level support to identify and collectively qualify management and governance of these major socio-ecosystems
► Develop a critical analysis of cognitive dynamics in the process participation in the management of natural resources

Status: Completed

Social Dynamics of Agro-Environmental Change in Cambodia),(JIAI)

Funder: IRD

Objective:

To understand the articulation between environmental changes and agrarian dynamics in two contrasting and different study areas that share common governance:

► the floodplains of the Tonle Sap and the upper part of the Mekong Delta (ongoing agrarian transition towards intensive agriculture intended for the export market)

► the peripheries of upland forest areas that are subject to the deforestation/erosion spiral, which, in turn, affects the lowlands

Status: Completed

Partnership for Agroecology Transition networking, and Efficient Resilience (PArTNWER)

Funder: Eclosio and Louvain Coopération (Uni4Coop)

Objective:

To understand the articulation between environmental changes and agrarian dynamics in two contrasting and different study areas that share common governance:

► the floodplains of the Tonle Sap and the upper part of the Mekong Delta (ongoing agrarian transition towards intensive agriculture intended for the export market)

► the peripheries of upland forest areas that are subject to the deforestation/erosion spiral, which, in turn, affects the lowlands

Status: Completed

Scientific and Technical Committee on Agricultural Water (COSTEA)

Funder: French Development Agency (AFD)

Objective:

► To develop integrated knowledge about the complex dynamics of large floodplains, focusing on sustainable and multifunctional water management solutions

Status: Completed

Partnerships for enhanced Engagement In Research (PEER)

Funder: U.S Agency for the international Development (USAID)

Objective:

► To understand the management of the community
► To analyze the SWOT of the community
► To identify the willingness to pay of tourists to the community management

Status: Completed Project

Green Cashew Project

Funder: ALiSEA Small Grant Facility

Objective:

► To multi-dimensionally access and evaluate the agroecological performance of the ALiSEA members’ farm and non-members’ farms in the northwest Cambodia for smallholder farmers’ agroecological transition and propose solutions for upgrading the transition.

Status: Completed

Impacts of smallholder farmers’ agricultural practices on water quality in Kampong
Thom province, Cambodia
Funder: ARES

Objective:

► Is to provide evidence-based recommendations to public and relevant stakeholders for policy decision-making process in Cambodia in order to influence water quality monitoring processes, positive interventions and regulations to control the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and to promote agroecological practices of smallholder farmers

Status: Completed

Promoting the floating rice-based agro-ecological farming systems for a healthy society and adaptation to climate changes in the Lower Mekong Region and Myanmar

Funder: Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Environment Fund

Objective:

► To capture the different value chains of floating rice and describe the role of each actor.
► To identify and address some concerns and needs of each actor in value chain

Status: Completed

Enhancing Agricultural Co-operative Development: A Cross-Cultural and Research Exchange between Ireland and Cambodia (Irish)

Funder: Embassy of Ireland (Irish Aid)

Objective:

► To explore and adapt best practices in co-operative governance models in Ireland for modern ACs in Cambodia
► Support Cambodian Unions of ACs (UACs) in transitioning to modern ACs through a participatory workshop sharing best practices in cooperative governance models from Ireland
► Develop a joint action plan with Cambodian ACs, as well as research centers in Cambodia, and Ireland to establish pathways for improving AC development in Cambodia based on shared learnings from Ireland

Status: Completed

Tape study to evaluate the agroecological performance of small-scale farmers beneficiaries of the ‘land access and protection of natural and indigenous resources (LAPNIR)

Funder: DanChurchAid (DCA)

Objective:

► Is to contribute to the protection of land rights and continued access to/availability of natural resources for targeted populations

Status: Completed

Transdisciplinary Pathways for Sustainable Water Governance Project
(TRANSWATER)

Funder: IRD

Objective:

► Will develop a framework to analyze and shape transformatons in hydrosocial territories, which we define as spatial configurations of water flows, people (including researchers), institutions, and infrastructures (Boelens et al., 2016)

Status: Completed

Governance and Economics of Ecosystem Services in Cambodia (GEESCAM project)

Funder: UMR GRED of IRD

Objective:

► At bringing together all these projects in a consistent framework and in a sustainable partnership
► To continue (beyond the time frame of these projects imposed by external agencies) and to improve researches on this topic (looking for new financial partnerships and national and international scientific collaborations)
► To build new skills for students through a process of capacity building (PhD, Masters, seminars...)

Status: Completed

Doctoral program in Khmer universities Strengthening the International Development of Environmental and maritime research / DOCKSIDE

Funder: Erasmus+Programme of the European Union

Objective:

► Create a scientific cooperation between researchers and PhD students
► Improve the quality and attractiveness of PhD programs in Cambodian universities
► Develop multidisciplinary research
► Make Cambodian and European universities more internationalized

Status: Completed

Role of Women in Fishert governanceRole of women and fishery governance: Are women included? A case study in Cambodian floodplains in Kandal province, Southern of Cambodia

Funder: Czech Development Agency in Cambodia

Objective:

► Identify the roles of women in Community Fishery

► Investigate the involvement and challenges of involvement of women

► Understanding women’s perception of involving in Community Fishery

Status: Completed

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