Cambodia | Smith Center for International Sustainable Agriculture

From efforts in sustainable intensification to agro-ecological services provided by cave-roosting bats, UTIA researchers have been frequenting Cambodia, a country located in Southeast Asia. UTIA-Cambodia partnerships began to expand in early 2016 through a collaboration with The Pennsylvania State University on, “Women in Agriculture Network (WAgN) Cambodia: Gender and Ecologically Sensitive Agriculture,” a four-year USAID project supported by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL). Since then, partnerships and research activities have been on-going and expanding. Through partnerships with other US land-grant universities and Cambodian universities and institutions, UTIA research involvement in Cambodia is continuing to grow, while also uniquely integrating food production and wildlife conservation perspectives.

Contributions of Cave-Roosting Bats in Cambodia

With increasing mining activities negatively affecting bat habitat in Cambodia, UTIA researchers are examining how these pressures on the bat population impact the natural pest control of the agricult

Farmer 2 Farmer

Farmer-to-Farmer provides technical assistance from highly-skilled U.S. volunteers to Cambodian farmers & agricultural groups to promote sustainable improvements in both food security and agriculture.

Scaling Suitable Sustainable Technologies

Building on our prior research in Cambodia, this project seeks to bring three sustainable intensification technologies to scale: vegetable grafting, cover/relay crops, and wild gardens.

Past Projects

The Living Fences for Improved Livestock Feed

This project examines the effectiveness of three native tree species in creating a physical, living barrier to prevent cows from foraging on rice paddy cover crops, while expanding forage options.

Women in Agriculture Network (WAgN) Cambodia

This project empowered women and improve nutrition by promoting women’s participation in the value chains for horticultural crops and rice produced through sustainable intensification (SI) practices.