Project partner: swisscontact
The livelihoods of about half of Cambodia's population depends on agriculture. However, the work in the fields is often painstaking manual work done, there is hardly any use of technology in agriculture. Moreover, most farmers do not use irrigation systems, so they can only cultivate during the rainy season and, accordingly, only harvest once a year. Productivity in agriculture is low and yields are small. A third of the population lives below the poverty line.
MIGIP is a project by Swisscontact. The aim is to increase productivity in agriculture through the use of innovative technologies. The project focuses on soil treatment, harvesting and storage. Required are approaches that farmers can afford and that allow them to increase their yields and produce sustainably in the longer term. This will give Cambodia's farmers new employment and income opportunities, enabling them to lift themselves out of poverty permanently.
A lot of the work in the fields is still done by hand. This prevents small farmers from increasing their harvests without ex
Farmers learn in workshops how to use the machines in agriculture and how they can grow crops such as rice or cassava with especially high yields.
New irrigation systems allow farmers to cultivate several times a year. This makes them less dependent on rainfall and climate change.
Thanks to MIGIP, the productivity in agriculture is increased through the use of innovative technologies in Cambodia. What is needed are methods that farmers can afford and that allow them to increase their yields and produce sustainably in the longer term.
Happel Foundation | swisscontact
⇒ The Happel Foundation supports Swisscontact's MIGIP project to permanently lift farmers in Cambodia out of poverty through the use of new technology in agriculture. ⇐
The foundation supports projects that offer people “Help to help themselves”.
Sponsorship applications can be handed in online on our application platform.
The Happel Foundation is a charitable Swiss foundation based in Lucerne.
