1-8 September 2024, Cambodia
The small initiative “Spreading Local Seeds: Connecting to the Organic Young Farmer and Social Entrepreneur Network and Climate Change Adaptation in the Mekong Sub-region,” held from September 1st to 8th, 2024, brought together Thai young farmers to connect with their Cambodian counterparts and social entrepreneurs focused on sustainable agriculture and seed saving. In Battambang, the young Thai farmers visited farms, learned about local practices, and participated in seed-saving and food systems workshops. They noticed a growing interest in ecological farming and the development of a network of young farmers advocating for sustainable agriculture. In Siem Reap, they engaged with a farmer group supported by Agrisud and learned about market access initiatives. Participants gained valuable insights and strongly desired to share their knowledge, launch their ventures, and collaborate to build more resilient food systems within the Mekong sub-region.
Key Learning
- Know the three types of seed and how to keep them
- Know how to save, pour, create and expand the seed
- Understand about the food chain in Cambodia and Thailand
- Get new experience
- Make new friends
- Have fun games
- Know the biography of speakers as inspiration
- Know the activities of youth in these day
- Know the common issues of farmer in Cambodia and Thailand
- Variety job opportunity in Community, one can be more than a farmer
Personal Plan for future
- Create own vegetable garden at home
- Run own business such as Farm Stay
- Sell products for agriculture such as baby plants
- Have an own farm
- Learn more about food processing
- Start to keep, save, and expand the seed
- Develop more skill and ability
- Want to become a technical professional in both modern and traditional agriculture
- Become a model farmer
- Become a facilitator
- Become a translator…
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