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.

Objective

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:

Our​​ Activities

WORKSHOPS/ EVENTS/TRAINING

On Friday, 16th August 2019 @ Le Diplomat Cafe, CPSA has organized the Vegetables Core Group meeting.
The objective of the meeting was to discuss the role of the vegetable core group among key stakeholders. All participants were active and passionately engaged in the discussion and, as a result, a draft for the group TOR was conducted.​

On June 12, 2020, Our 14 core members (3 women) of the Vegetable working group have joint a meeting at the Phnom Penh Era Hotel. The meeting aims to recruit a consultant to strategize the working group over the next three years. The selection committee and technical committee to work with consultants also were formed during the meeting.

On March 21, 2019, CPSA hosted a round table discussion at Comme à la Maison restaurant in Phnom Penh.
The round table served as a platform to discuss and draft a Strategy Plan for the Vegetables Working Group.
Participants actively discussed key issues and challenges of fruits and vegetable value chains, and gathered ideas on what core activities can be conducted to address these issues, and shared Round-table minutes among key stakeholders in the sector.

RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS

Thano Im

Senior Project Manager, World Vision International Cambodia , Vegetable Group Lead

"The Vegetable Group has been supported by CPSA/Growth Asia since late 2019. It is a platform that comprises different key partners from projects of NGOs, private companies, and other producer groups who voluntarily join as members. Our commitment is to strengthen this group and help provide mutual benefits to all partners. Together, we work to improve productivities, quality, services and market linkages of local-produced vegetables in Cambodia. Lastly, we pray for the safety and health of our partners and the Cambodian people in this time of hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. We need more partners and resources to develop the vegetable businesses in the country. Therefore, we welcome interested partners to join."

Ms. Thlang Sovan Pisey

Executive Director of Khmer Organic Cooperative (KOC) and Co-Lead of the Vegetable Group

“Through linking various stakeholders in the Working Group, CPSA plays an important role not only by supporting the value chain, but also by creating an opportunity for the private sector, civil society and the government to come together and discuss pressing issues in the vegetables sector. Furthermore, the Vegetable Working Group motivates its private sector partners to address their Corporate Social Responsibility and commit to improving the livelihood of smallholders.”

OUR CURRENT MEMBER

  • 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)
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