Siem Reap, December 2011

Development Intervention 8:
Support of value chains in handicraft, fruits and vegetables in Siem Reap Province

Name Mr. Kang Phalla

Position EFK

Reporting period During the December, 2011

Main Activities

· Go to Publish works and Transportation Department to do the motor transferring from GIZ to PDA

· Assisting the 2 field day in Tropangtrom village, Sout Nikum district and Sophy village, Kungtrung commune, Bakong district. The participants each event at less 20 villager was jointed and come from different village. The field day conduct in Tropang Trom village was about cucumber planting with new technology ( drip irrigation and plastic cover ) use good quality seed ( EW seed ) and planting follow by new technique was introduce by Regional Economic Development Program/Green-Belt Siem Reap Province. Mr. Oun the owner of farm and the input supplier as well said : actually vegetable cultivation it is important source of income for rural residents, for my plot (50m*100m) I could harvest more than 2T and the price for this year is quite good as well ( 1000 Riel/Kg ). Vegetable cultivation is quite hard a little bit but it is better than we go far away to find the job such as garment worker, construction worker or other works, if we try to growing vegetable regularly and take more attention as much as we work outside so the profit come out of the vegetable farming it will be better than that works, He added. The other field day was conducted in Sophy village, Kungtrung commune about ridge gourd planting which the owner use the good seed ( EW seed ) and cultivation follow new technique so that farm is getting the good result, in this event the attendances were come from different 3 district.

· Attending the meeting in main office about to show overall RED program to GIZ deputy

· Field visit producers in Bosthom, Somrong, Sombat, Domreychlong, Chouk, Sophy, Sreta and Bakompleung village.

· Field visit collectors (7 collectors was met) to gather information relation to market demanding and popular vegetable in the markets and some constrain of them with producers and counsel some technical support and dialogue concept about Farmer Group creating by the collectors indicate their producers who are enthusiasm to this concept and keen to catch up this opportunity.

· Field visit Demo farm (6 demo was met) to advise some technique issue, and supporting the book keeping writing.

· Field visit input supplies (3 input supplies) to gather information about seed selling, pesticide and fungi and provide technical support.

· Attending meeting with PDA Deputy Director to talk about:

1, Overview of RED objective and activities 2008-2011

2, Presentation of strategy for 2012-13 and discussion

3, Presentation of draft plan of Operation 2012 and discussion

4, Coordination arrangements between PDA and GIZ and responsibilities in implementation of plan of operation

· Meeting with new network (collectors) in Tatrav, Sophy and Sret leck villages.

· Attending the monthly meeting in PDA office

1, Participants:

- Varine district

- Brasat Bakong district

- Pouk district

- Ching Kreng distict

- Kralanh district

- Mr. Ros Kum net (EW seed)

- Mr. Phum Dara (EW seed)

The meeting was discussed about overall result of the partner staff in implementation program in December, 2011 and problem encounter during execution, after we had consolidate the problem issue such as:

- Insect and Diseases

- Lack of EW seed variety to provide new target area

- PDA staff request to program about herbicide for pineapple planting

- PDA staff request to the program to provide the training about rice seed purify technique.

Next steps

· Attending the field day on – 04/01/12 about bitter gourd in Bakkompleung village, - 17/01/12 about bitter gourd in Sophy village, -

· Field follow up Demo farm and advising

· Field follow up and advice producers networks in Prasatbakong District and Sout Nikum District.

· Field visit with collector networks and activities expand to new collector in local and advising some technical support

· Field visit the input supply to gather the information about the change of producer of using vegetable seed using and insecticide using and advising some technique

· Discuss with the producers and collector networks about Farmer Group of vegetable growing

· Attending the training course to the farmers conduct by EW seed