The Ministry of Environment is the main counterpart of FAO in the implementation of this project in close partnership with aligning institutions to include Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – General Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry Administration; Woman’s Affairs; Rural Development; Water Resources and Meteorology; National Climate Change Committee; Climate Change Department; National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development as well as provincial and district level government counterparts. Academic and scientific institutions include Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI); Royal University of Agriculture (RUA); Cambodian Development Research Institute (CDRI); Cambodian Centre for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC).
The objective of the project is to build adaptive capacity of rural communities and reduce their vulnerability to Climate Change through micro watershed management and climate resilient agriculture practices to ensure food security. This will be done by integrating Climate Change Adaptation into agricultural and food security policies and planning; participatory watershed management to reduce climate impacts on natural resources and agriculture; and demonstrating and promoting climate resilient agricultural practices through farmer field schools. The project is organized around four outcomes. Three will be implemented within four pilot watersheds and the fourth will be national in scope.
The project’s on-the-ground efforts will take place within four locations: Lvea Krang commune, Varin District, Siem Reap Province; PoPok Commune, Stoung District, Kampong Thom Province; Ta Veaeng Leu Commune, Ta Veaeng District, Ratanak Kiri Province; and, Kulen Chheung Commune, Kulen District, Preah Vihear Province in four commune micro watersheds that cover a total area of 59 455 hectares and has a population of ~9 793. These pilot sites will be the focus of project activity related to Outcomes 2-4: watershed level ecosystem based adaptation, climate smart Farmer Field Schools (FFS), and climate change resilience for women cohorts.The four locations were selected based upon a detailed set of criteria. Each site provides a unique opportunity to model Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) improvements for smallholder farmers. Each location encompasses micro watersheds within a meso watershed, allowing the project to demonstrate how interventions result in improved water resource resilience. The project’s main collaboratorsare working in complementary thematic areas or active in each site, allowing the project to better coordinate and scale-up results. The pilot sites present a variety of landscapes and land uses, including dry and wet farming, grazing, forested areas and protected areas. This variety allows the project to demonstrate adaptation improvements and generate lessons that may be applied nationally. The geographic size and population of each location is appropriately scaled to facilitate efficient and effective project implementation.
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