To improve the living standards of rural populations in all agro-ecosystems of Cambodia through crop diversification, intensification and integrated farming systems
APPROACHES
Develop diversified crops and substainable in rice-based farming systems that provided household food and income generation.
Develop technology package for increasing crop productivity and integrated farming systems that help farmers to produce enough food, ensure food security and reducing environmental degradation.
Maintain and improve agricultural farm sustainability for increasing diversified crop production and rice-based farming systems at farm-scale.
Agronomy and Farming Systems has two sub- division: Agronomy and Farming Systems
Agronomy:Identifying alternative crop and methodology for growing crops
Cereal, legumes, vegetable, ornamental, fruit trees and tube plants
Determining time of planting and developing planting technique for wide range of crops in relation to specific environmental condition.
Developing technology package for crop growth and the production of crops.
Evaluating crop type through cropping season, planting pattern, planting density.
Monitoring and evaluating the progress of experiments in each section.
Farming Systems:Developing appropriate technologies to support sustainable integrated farming systems
Developing integrated household farming systems that suit to specific environmental condition in order to reduce poverty alleviation and conserve better environment.
Research study on the sustainability of multiple cropping systems through crop rotation, intercropping and mix intercropping
Study on integrated farming systems between crop production and livestock raising through crop and aquaculture, crop and animal, crop and poultry.
Study on household farm budgeting including crop enterprise budget and animal enterprise budget.
Monitoring and evaluating household model farming systems that suit to specific agro ecosystems.
Monitoring and evaluating the progress of experiments in each section.
