{"id":1568,"date":"2013-09-19T04:50:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T04:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2017-08-11T04:53:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T04:53:50","slug":"organic-farmer-assembly-marks-progress-plans-for-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/?p=1568","title":{"rendered":"Organic Farmer Assembly Marks Progress, Plans for Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-top-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_6  fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first 1_6\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:16.66%;width:calc(16.66% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.1666 ) );margin-right: 4%;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"  data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_2_3  fusion-two-third 2_3\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:66.66%;width:calc(66.66% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.6666 ) );margin-right: 4%;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"  data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-sep-none fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\"><h1 class=\"entry-title\">Organic Farmer Assembly Marks Progress, Plans for Future<\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Counsellor-Opening-Remarks.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" alt=\"\" title=\"Counsellor-Opening-Remarks\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Counsellor-Opening-Remarks-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Counsellor-Opening-Remarks.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><b>Phnom Penh, Cambodia \u2013<\/b>\u00a0As organic rice production continues to expand in Cambodia, the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture(CEDAC) and GIZ are working to ensure that farmers are properly supported to reap the benefits of organic agriculture. To this end, the Second General Assembly of the National Organic Rice Producer Confederation in Cambodia was held on September 19-20, 2013 at CEDAC\u2019s head office in Phnom Penh. Over 50 rice farming community representatives participated in the meeting. Mr. Keam Makarady, CEDAC Director of Health and Environment and Mr. Claudius Bredehoeft, National Project Coordinator for GIZ ASEAN Biocontrol (ABC) for Sustainable Agrifood Systems facilitated the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Dr. Ludgera Klemp, Counsellor and Head of Cooperation at the German Embassy delivered the Opening Remarks in Khmer. She spoke about the German government\u2019s long support for CEDAC, saying \u201cit\u2019s a pleasure to look back on the established cooperation with CEDAC since 2003 and the progress made through technical support for organic agriculture and market development for farmers since then.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The assembly\u2019s primary objective was to generate the 2013-2014 organic rice production plan. But according to Mr. Bredehoeft: \u201cThis meeting is also about sharing knowledge about the situation in the fields, in the market, and this year\u2019s rice production.\u201d In addition to reviewing the numbers of organic farmers, respective yields and the Fair Trade premium available to certified groups, participants were encouraged to discuss their successes and challenges. \u201cIt is very important that we learn from each other,\u201d Mr. Bredehoeft stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\u00a0Other presenters included CEDAC President, Dr. Yang Saing Koma \u00a0and Mr. Sou Savorn, CEDAC Sahakreas Operations Manager. Dr. \u00a0Koma gave an overview of the essential System of Rice Intensification \u00a0practices as well as the Fair Trade and organic certification \u00a0processes, \u00a0explaining how the farmers can benefit from this linked \u00a0system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">by Mr. Alexander Davis (CEDAC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_6  fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last 1_6\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:16.66%;width:calc(16.66% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.1666 ) );'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"  data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,13,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cambodia","category-news-and-events","category-sustainable-agricultural-production"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1570,"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions\/1570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/org.doa.go.th\/aseancrops\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}