Scale up of homestead food production for improved nutrition in Cambodia : project story
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2020-02-18
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Fish ponds, home gardens and poultry raising improve incomes, health and family cohesion in Cambodia. The project assisted over 4,600 households in 4 provinces in developing or improving a combination of vegetable gardens, poultry farms, and fishponds, in addition to another 3,500 non-targeted households (for a total of 17,500 family members). Women’s autonomy over food-crop and cash-crop farming increased. The enhanced homestead food production (EHFP) model provided initial inputs (quality seeds, fingerlings, chicks), technical assistance, and training on sustainable agriculture that created year-round food systems.
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WOMEN’S HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH, DECISION MAKING, SMALLHOLDERS, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, WOMEN FARMERS, NUTRITION, GARDENING, FISH PONDS, AQUACULTURE, POLYCULTURE, POND CULTURE, CAMBODIA, FAR EAST ASIA