Main characteristics

• Total area: 13,655 km2- Population: ~ 250,000 inhabitants (18 pers/km2)
• Important area of Economic Land Concessions (ELC) and wildlife conservation
• Cultivated area:   143,006ha, 11% of total area
• Lowland rice area: 64%
• Cassava + soybean + mungbean + maize: 33%
• Poor to good soil, small farm, diversified crops and livestock
• Extensive systems, low financial capital

Main innovations and dynamics 

-> Known to be the organic province since 2015 in Cambodia

- Promote  organic value chain for rice and then cassava, cashew, peanut

• Organic rice with 5 companies: 53 contract with 43 Ag. Coop. (AC) on 20,300 ha for 22,000t with 6,197 families
• Organic cassava with CACC and 11 AC on 2400 ha for 40,000t with 1,452 families

- Organic rice for wildlife and forest conservation since 2014

• 400 families on 2000 ha

- Promote CA/SI organic rice (WAT4CAM)

- Support to high quality and safety vegetables production

- Promote climate smart practices

- Support to agri-business market access and quality visibility

• Preah Vihear and organic rice, organic cassava, Fair Trade peanut
• GAP vegetable

- Dairy production in National Park (plan to promote with nearly farmers)