RESEARCH COMPONENTS

1. Farm resources and rural livelihood study:

• Undertake Agro-ecosystem analyses.
• Investigate perceived requirements and needs of farmer adopters.
• Analyze social conditions within the farming systems of farmer adopters.
• Analyze existing farm resources and capability of farmer adopters.
• Study non-farm job opportunities.
• Household economics analysis.

2. Technology assessment/evaluation:

• Evaluate feasibility and suitability of proposed new or recommended technologies.
• Investigate the effectiveness of research strategies to improve quality of existing technologies and new innovations.
• Advise on better methodology of transferring suitable technologies.
• Analysis of gender on professional roles in research and development of the agricultural productions.
• Investigateof methodologies for collaboration and network development.
• Impact of participatory research methods on development in agricultural sector.

3. Agricultural market study:

• Study of marketing agricultural products
• Study of market availability and accessibility of agricultural production inputs
• Study of market potential for agricultural products.
• Economic analysis of new technologies disseminating among farmers.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

• Socio-economic analysis on impact of social capital to solve conflict for water usage groups in different models of irrigation systems in Siem Reap province.
• Vegetable Marketing and Food Processing in Battambang province.
• Improvement of production and postharvest management systems in Cambodia and Australia:
  • Supply Chains Survey for Tomatoes
  • Supply Chains Survey for Chili
• Linking Extension and Research Needs through Information Technologies: Rice Information Technology Development for Improvement Poor Farmer's Livehood in Cambodia.
• Research Extension Linkage Project.
• Evaluate the environmental, social and economic impact of rice varieties released by CARDI to farmer in Cambodia.
• Farming Systems Research for Crop Diversification in Cambodia and australia:
  • Economics of upland crop production in Kampong Cham and Battambang province
  • Extension Methods for Agricultural Production
• Pre-Post surveys of FARMERS beliefs and practice in Rodent Management Social Agreement for Cooperation in use of Rodent Management.
• Family Livelihood Improvement Project.
• Rice cropping systems in Kampong Thom province.
• Identification of Banana cultural practices, cultivation management, prospective for production improvement and Growers' income.
• Land suitability for crop diversification in Cambodia
  • Pre-impact survey on "Land suitability for crop diversification in Cambodia"
  • Land capability survey
  • Ground water survey