Accelerating Inclusive Cassava Market Development (AI-CMD)
The cassava sector in Cambodia has emerged as a vital agricultural industry, recognized by the government as a national priority. Despite its growth, the sector lacks sustainable practices, leaving it vulnerable to market fluctuations, pests, diseases, and extreme weather. To address this, a project aims to enhance the prosperity of smallholder farmers by improving productivity and market access.
The project seeks to achieve several outcomes:
- Increasing farmers' profits by developing inclusive cassava value chains.
- Establishing reliable market-led supply chains for mutual benefit.
- Strengthening the capacity of national institutions to devise sustainable cassava strategies.
Expected deliverables include:
- Boosting smallholder farmers' productivity through practical measures and extension services.
- Reducing losses during harvest and post-harvest through improved machinery and techniques.
- Reinforcing supply chain reliability via contract farming and new product development.
- Building the capacity of farmer groups and organizations.
- Enhancing market linkages between farmers and processing factories.
- Promoting new value-added products.
- Improving the capacity of national institutions to lead and facilitate cassava value chain development.
Furthermore, the project aims to establish a viable cassava market information system and enhance the capacity of national institutions for scaling-up activities. It also intends to provide support for policy monitoring and sector sustainability. Through these efforts, the project seeks to bolster the resilience and prosperity of Cambodia's cassava sector.
