PPG Project in Phnom Kul village
Number of Family
There are 2 members: Grandmother (65 years old) and Granddaughter (4 years old)
History / background of the family (incl. financial, social)
Kuoy Phuong has been living in Phnom Kul over 18 years, this family depended on feeding cow and farm but this income no enough so Kuoy always go to work for her neighbor farm to get more income. This family is not so good at communication and relationship with community, sometimes they seem so quiet and isolate.
How much land does the family own (total), how many m2 is the garden and how many m3 the pond?
3.000 m2, 352 m2, 681 m3
How has the family been impacted by the PPG project: financial, social, food & water security, etc.?
Kuoy has been participated in community program since 2014. After participated in this program this family had improved such as having work regularly, more income, good relationship and communication with group and community, and enough security food and water.
Project coordinate: 12.898595, 103.113639
Date: 01. March 2018
Written by: Rithy Kong (kHA Manager)
Emergence and meaningfulness – PPG (Ponds, Pumps, Gardens) Project
The smallholders in the target area around Battambang/Northern Cambodia are highly threatened by poverty and precarious food insecurity. This is espe- cially true during the dry season. Only 56 % of the families will have enough water, which in turn means that only 6 % of families have enough food to eat all year round.
The daily work of our partner organization Bareebo with the small farmers has also shown that their diet has become very one-sided and unhealthy in contrast to the traditional diet. Deficiency symptoms can be observed especially in children. Often, this is simply due to a lack of knowledge of balanced, nutritious and varied food, and of course the lack of financial resources. In addition, countless chemicals end up in the fields and thus in the food chain.
With sufficient water storage capacity to produce high quality organic products all year round, farmers in the target area would be well positioned to increase their incomes and improve their overall quality of life.
The project targets smallholders living in six villages in the Banan district of Battambang province in northwestern Cambodia. These smallholders account for 85% of the farmers in the target area. On average, they have less than five hectares of land. Of the 1,548 families living in the villages, around 100 families (approx. 550 persons) will benefit directly from the project. 87 percent of these families say they grow vegetables, but only 2 percent of them can sell them on the market during the dry season. The income from their gardens amounts to only 13.86 Euros per year. The average household income per year is 906 Euros.
Together with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and “Water for the World” from Austria, we launched our new major PPG project in May 2016. Therefore, we dedicated the proceeds of the fundriding tour in December 2017 to this project.
We dig up large ponds. They act as water reservoirs for farm animals and guarantee a year-round harvest cycle. The raised topsoil is mostly distributed evenly on the sides and large areas of organic land are created. The farmers are prepared for their new tasks in special training sessions. The surplus organic vegetables are bought by Bareebo at a fair and pre-determined price and sold at the organic market stall in Battambang or directly to the hotels. The surplus generated goes back proportionately to the village coffers, so that the villages become increasingly independent of the profit-oriented banks.
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