Farmer Field Schools - Australian Lutheran World Service
Village Life in Cambodia—ALWS Awareness Week 2014
Farmer Field Schools For poor farmers in rural Cambodia, food insecurity is high. Lutheran Partners train villagers through its Farmer Field Schools where they can learn from each other and apply new methods and systems in order to increase their food security. The farmers learn about growing alternate crops, raising chickens and pigs, digging and maintaining fishing ponds, and so on. The Team integrate agricultural training with broader concerns like nutrition, income generation, and disaster preparedness. The Team provides the training and start-up help such as seeds, tools, and ongoing advice and support. Pheng Ring’s wife, Poung, goes to the Farmer Field School to learn how to grow better vegetables. He says: “I choose to plant vegetables because this creates more income for my family. My wife takes the lead because she has training at the Farmer Field School. I am only the labour. We learnt to dig hole for planting the eggplant, and put in cow manure and rice straw for composting. Now the yield is much bigger than before. I also learn to give more water so we get more fruit and bigger fruit. “With money we make we can buy rice and fish, and a little meat.”
Chen Porn is attending a Farmer Field School in Cambodia. She says: “From the Lutheran team I receive vegetable seeds and a watering can. I grow long beans. I also receive 5 chickens. I also need help with irrigation, and with a concrete ring for the shallow well. It collapses and goes dry. We have no rice for food, only for planting. With the chickens, they will grow, and each hen can produce 10 chicks. If there is no disease, the flock will increase.” Here Porn shows her chickens and waters her vegetable garden. For further information contact Email: [email protected] Ph: 1300 763 407 Web: www.alws.org.au
Australian Lutheran World Service Awareness Week 2014 Village Life in Cambodia
Dare to Dream a Different World
Farmer Field Schools For poor farmers in rural Cambodia, food insecurity is high. Lutheran Partners train villagers through its Farmer Field Schools where they can learn from each other and apply new methods and systems in order to increase their food security. The farmers learn about growing alternate crops, raising chickens and pigs, digging and maintaining fishing ponds, and so on. The Team integrate agricultural training with broader concerns like nutrition, income generation, and disaster preparedness. The Team provides the training and start-up help such as seeds, tools, and ongoing advice and support. Pheng Ring’s wife, Poung, goes to the Farmer Field School to learn how to grow better vegetables. He says: “I choose to plant vegetables because this creates more income for my family. My wife takes the lead because she has training at the Farmer Field School. I am only the labour. We learnt to dig hole for planting the eggplant, and put in cow manure and rice straw for composting. Now the yield is much bigger than before. I also learn to give more water so we get more fruit and bigger fruit. “With money we make we can buy rice and fish, and a little meat.”
Chen Porn is attending a Farmer Field School in Cambodia. She says: “From the Lutheran team I receive vegetable seeds and a watering can. I grow long beans. I also receive 5 chickens. I also need help with irrigation, and with a concrete ring for the shallow well. It collapses and goes dry. We have no rice for food, only for planting. With the chickens, they will grow, and each hen can produce 10 chicks. If there is no disease, the flock will increase.” Here Porn shows her chickens and waters her vegetable garden. For further information contact Email: [email protected] Ph: 1300 763 407 Web: www.alws.org.au
Australian Lutheran World Service Awareness Week 2014 Village Life in Cambodia
Dare to Dream a Different World
