Sustainable Rice Platform
Improving agricultural practices through the application of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), the world’s first standard for sustainable rice cultivation.
We work to create a Sustainable Rice Platform
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The Sustainable Rice Platform
Since 2015, Sansom Mlup Prey Organization (SMP) has been working with rice farmers in the central floodplains of Cambodia to improve agricultural practices, increase incomes, and protect biological and cultural heritage through the application of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), the world’s first standard for sustainable rice cultivation. The key value is Improving Agricultural Practices, Increasing Farmers’ Profitability and Contributing to Wildlife Conservation. Below are the main action of project implementation in the target area.
Our success
Since the beginning, private-sector partnerships have helped drive the success of the intervention. SRP farmers have been selling rice to Mars, Inc., through a local mill called the Battambang Rice Company, Ltd., (BRICo) that processes the paddy rice.
Starting with four villages in Sturng District, Kampong Thom province, the project continues to expand and currently working in three provinces of Kampong Thom, Siem Reap, and Pursat province. The project is operating in 54 villages including 889 households.
The intervention will be expanding to new provinces after successfully securing a further 5 years of grant funding, which will help increase the reach to a target of 3,000 farming households.
Where do we work?
The intervention area, the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, is a fast-changing and vulnerable ecosystem, severely threatened by the effects of climate change, rapid environmental degradation and land-use changes, and unsustainable resource extraction and management. Those target areas including:
1. Kampong Thom province has 3 districts with 34 villages
2. Siem Reap province has 2 districts equal to 15 villages
3. Pursat province has 1 district, equal to 5 villages
SMP encourages rice farmers in the area to adopt the SRP standards, and our team of agronomists and community officers provide comprehensive agricultural training, field demonstrations, and individual support to farmers on a technical level. We envision sustainable agricultural supply chains that help regenerate ecosystems through diversified organic agriculture, including traditional heirloom varieties, and a commitment to protecting the integrity of the ecosystem.
Our Tonle Sap Project
Our Tonle Sap Project is to enhance the management and restoration of critical habitats to facilitate resilience to environmental change and Improve governance and policy to reduce drivers of environmental change.
Location: Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, around Kampong Thom, Seim Reap, and Pursat province
Number of farmers: 4,000 household members are benefiting indirectly from the SRP scheme, at the end of the project
Key activities: A). Support business development and capacity development of the target farmers to develop alternative livelihoods. B). SRP promotion among the target area. C). Provide training on climate-smart rice production techniques. D). Provide training on floating rice production techniques and cattle production techniques linked to cover crops.
Our Tonle Sap Project
Our Tonle Sap Project is to enhance the management and restoration of critical habitats to facilitate resilience to environmental change and Improve governance and policy to reduce drivers of environmental change.
Location: Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, around Kampong Thom, Seim Reap, and Pursat province
Number of farmers: 4,000 household members are benefiting indirectly from the SRP scheme, at the end of the project
Key activities: A). Support business development and capacity development of the target farmers to develop alternative livelihoods. B). SRP promotion among the target area. C). Provide training on climate-smart rice production techniques. D). Provide training on floating rice production techniques and cattle production techniques linked to cover crops.
Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA)
GRAISEA aims for women and men small-scale producers able to participate and benefit fairly from economic opportunities in agriculture value chains in Cambodia. Moreover, within the agriculture value chains, market actors deliver opportunities that integrate small producers, promote women’s economic empowerment, and support climate change resilience.
Location: Stoung and Kampong Svay district in Kampong Thom province
Key activities: 1). Capacity building on leadership and personal development and strengthening women’s capacity. 2). Receive training and guidance on applying SRP standards and seed production, climate resilience, and how to use farmer diaries’ information. 5). Meet SRP standard requirements, and support transformative WEE and Climate Change resilience to address barriers faced by small-scale producers
Positive change: The project also draws specific attention to gender equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment, in order to involve more women in the SRP value chain. Currently, the SMP team is trying to connect with the local market via rice millers and local collectors to ensure the market for SRP farmers.
Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA)
GRAISEA aims for women and men small-scale producers able to participate and benefit fairly from economic opportunities in agriculture value chains in Cambodia. Moreover, within the agriculture value chains, market actors deliver opportunities that integrate small producers, promote women’s economic empowerment, and support climate change resilience.
Location: Stoung and Kampong Svay district in Kampong Thom province
Key activities: 1). Capacity building on leadership and personal development and strengthening women’s capacity. 2). Receive training and guidance on applying SRP standards and seed production, climate resilience, and how to use farmer diaries’ information. 5). Meet SRP standard requirements, and support transformative WEE and Climate Change resilience to address barriers faced by small-scale producers
Positive change: The project also draws specific attention to gender equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment, in order to involve more women in the SRP value chain. Currently, the SMP team is trying to connect with the local market via rice millers and local collectors to ensure the market for SRP farmers.
EU-FOSTER Project
EU-FOSTER Project aims to support the community through training to develop alternative livelihood, the target area is located in Sotni Kum district in Siem Reap province.
Number of farmers: 1,240 household members are benefiting indirectly from the SRP scheme, at the end of the project.
Key activities: 1). Support the development of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) scheme in Sot Nikum district. 2). Provide theorical and technical support in establishing SRP group producers in the 10 target villages and 3). Promote Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) in the SRP context to the target villages, to ensure equal gender participation to and benefits from the project.
Positive change: 10 SRP producer groups were established, comprising of 123 SRP members. Farmers are trained on sustainable pest control, nutrient management, cover crop, seed production and post-harvest techniques. In addition, the project also support gender equality and Women Economic Empowerment, in order to involve more women into the SRP value chain.
EU-FOSTER Project
EU-FOSTER Project aims to support the community through training to develop alternative livelihood, the target area is located in Sotni Kum district in Siem Reap province.
Number of farmers: 1,240 household members are benefiting indirectly from the SRP scheme, at the end of the project.
Key activities: 1). Support the development of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) scheme in Sot Nikum district. 2). Provide theorical and technical support in establishing SRP group producers in the 10 target villages and 3). Promote Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) in the SRP context to the target villages, to ensure equal gender participation to and benefits from the project.
Positive change: 10 SRP producer groups were established, comprising of 123 SRP members. Farmers are trained on sustainable pest control, nutrient management, cover crop, seed production and post-harvest techniques. In addition, the project also support gender equality and Women Economic Empowerment, in order to involve more women into the SRP value chain.
Women’s Economic Empowerment
A core component of the SRP intervention, Women’s Economic Empowerment, aims to improve women’s position in household and community decision-making and improve their incomes from agricultural production. The project works closely with women farmers and female-headed households to develop women’s leadership skills for increased decision-making roles in community and family life, Agricultural Cooperatives, and informal rice producer groups. Men are sensitized to the burden of unpaid domestic work expectations placed on women, and women receive training on group facilitation, price negotiation, and leadership principles. For more information, refer here.
Women’s Economic Empowerment
A core component of the SRP intervention, Women’s Economic Empowerment, aims to improve women’s position in household and community decision-making and improve their incomes from agricultural production. The project works closely with women farmers and female-headed households to develop women’s leadership skills for increased decision-making roles in community and family life, Agricultural Cooperatives, and informal rice producer groups. Men are sensitized to the burden of unpaid domestic work expectations placed on women, and women receive training on group facilitation, price negotiation, and leadership principles. For more information, refer here.
The Future of SRP
The SRP intervention will greatly expand over the next 5 years in collaboration with government and civil society organizations implementing a wide-ranging, landscape-based approach to build ecosystem and community resilience to rapid social and environmental changes taking place in the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve. SMP will lead the expansion of SRP agricultural practices within communities, and introduce an agroecological rotational system combining rice production and cattle grazing to maintain essential grassland habitat. Promotion of traditional varieties of rice, favorably suited to the dynamics of the unique ecosystem, will help conserve the functioning of this traditional social-ecological system.
The Future of SRP
The SRP intervention will greatly expand over the next 5 years in collaboration with government and civil society organizations implementing a wide-ranging, landscape-based approach to build ecosystem and community resilience to rapid social and environmental changes taking place in the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve. SMP will lead the expansion of SRP agricultural practices within communities, and introduce an agroecological rotational system combining rice production and cattle grazing to maintain essential grassland habitat. Promotion of traditional varieties of rice, favorably suited to the dynamics of the unique ecosystem, will help conserve the functioning of this traditional social-ecological system.
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Sansom Mlup Prey Organization
Sangkat Tuol Tumpung Ti Pir
Khan Chamkarmon
Phnom Penh, Cambodia