Fruits and Vegetables
50%
Fresh fruits and vegetables consumed in Cambodia are imported from Thailand
DEMAND
Cambodia’s rising middle-class is driving demand for safe and locally produced fruit and vegetables.
Objectives
In 2019, under the umbrella of the Fruits & Vegetables Working Group, CPSA facilitated the creation of the Vegetables Group, which aims is to support with:
Network
Be a network for farmers in the vegetables sub-sector and platform for information-sharing
Coordination
Serve as a coordinator amongst all key stakeholders along the value chain of the vegetables sub-sector.
Facilitation
Facilitate discussions on a range of topics including access to input supply, production, quality control, processing, market linkages issues and consumer awareness.
Policy Dialogue
Engage in policy dialogue for the vegetables sub-sector.
Our Activities
WORKSHOPS/ EVENTS/TRAINING
As the result from the meeting, 97% of the participants stated that they want to be members of a Fruit Group, and as first step CPSA created a “Fruit Sharing Group” on Telegram where relevant information can be freely exchange by all parties.
In collaboration with Nature Agriculture Village (NAV), the Working Group conducted a three-day event at Aeon Mall on the theme of Safe Vegetables and engaged several Agricultural Cooperatives.
RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS
CPSA hired an independent consultant with support from the Inclusive Business Action Network (iBAN) to conduct an analysis of the fruits and vegetables sub-sectors in Cambodia.
Outcome included the formalization of a Working Group, development of Terms of Reference and selection
of Lead and Co-Lead.
- World Vision’s Micro-franchised Agriculture Service Expanded Project Phase 2 (MASE2)
- Khmer Organic Cooperative Co., Ltd (KOC)
- ECO-Agri Co, Ltd.
- Entrée Baitang Co., Ltd
- Farmer and Nature Network (FNN)
- Husk Ventures Co., Ltd
- Agricultural Cooperative Green Vegetables Prek Ongpan
- Agricultural Cooperative Green Vegetables Prek Tunlab
- ASA Agriculture Services
- Organic Vegetables Business Cluster Svay Bro Teal
- Organic Vegetables Business Cluster Svay Pratiel
- REMIC – Safe and Organic Vegetable Distributor
- ICCO Cooperation
- IFAD’s Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE)
- Indochina Agriculture Processing Co., Ltd
- Kandal Provincial Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
- Natural Agriculture Village (NAV)
- Organic Vegetables Business Cluster Koh Tonlea
- Organic Vegetables Business Cluster Krang Yov
- Royal University of Agriculture
- Safe Vegetables Business Group Svay Chour
- Safe Vegetables Business Group Orumchek
- SNV’s Cambodia Horticulture Advancing Income and Nutrition (CHAIN II) Project
- USAID’s Feed the Future Cambodia Harvest II Project (Harvest II)