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CAMBODIA 1997. Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS)

1997. Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. As part of FAO’s Special Programme for Food Security, young people learn how to control crop pests using biological methods rather than pesticides.

01/01/1997

Country or Territory Cambodia

File size 383.23 KB

Unique ID UF110C0

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Background Information

Special Programme for Food Security: SPFS/CMB/6701.

The series of wars in and around Cambodia over the past 30 years ruined its agricultural sector and left a significant deficit in the country's productive labor force. The Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS), launched in 1997 in four provinces in Cambodia, has introduced new technologies that have been welcomed by the farmers. The Programme strongly emphasizes training, and all activities are implemented through the Integrated Farmer Field Schools (IFFS), where technicians and extension officers work alongside farmers in a two-way learning process.

The combined effect of better water management, the use of certified seeds, and appropriate fertilizer practices substantially increased rice yields. High-yielding varieties (HYVs) of rice and new vegetable seeds made significant changes to the country's cropping systems. Better husbandry methods, including poultry vaccination and treatment of pigs with antibiotics, have helped decrease the incidence of disease and mortality rates.