Farmers’ experiences on Conservation Agriculture in Cambodia

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2014

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This PowerPoint summarizes the experience of farmer’s experience implementing Conservation Agriculture in Cambodia. The presentation summarizes the general context, describes experiment sites and explains the components of Direct-Seeding, Mulch-Based and Conservation Agriculture (DMC) systems. The evolution of Conservation Agriculture (CA) extension is discussed, along with the benefits of CA that farmers have perceived. Constraints and needs for the adoption of CA are identified, and a plan is laid out for the subsequent year of the project.

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Conservation agriculture, Adoption of innovations, Conservation tillage

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Presented at the SANREM Annual meeting, Arlington, VA, 19-21 May 2014