Strengthening Agricultural Co-operatives to Improve Livelihoods The project aims at empowerment of women and men community members, improved livelihoods through sustainable FO/FG/coops development. The key expected results are: 1- sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural production; 2- improved access to gender sensitive and inclusive financial services; 3- promoted women entrepreneurship; 4- strengthened farmers' organisation; 5- enabling policy environemnt for farmers, especially women. "The project is working with 11 agriculture cooperatives (AC) with 1372 members (959 women). Together, agricultural cooperatives and farmer promoters identified the potential farmers and place for developing demonstration farms. As a results, 8 farmers selected for developing their own farm to be learning sites (model farm). 
• 36 farmers trained, among them 30 persons selected to be farmer promoter to provide training and guidance to other farmers within villages, especially those who are members of agricultural cooperatives.
• 69 potential farmers trained and formed into 3 rice seed producer groups (one in Kampong Svay district and another two groups in Baray district). As per plan, 130 tons of rice seed will be produced and supplied to the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery (PDAFF) and other cooperatives. 
• 10 rice seed producer leaders trained on how to manage the group properly, how to support members to get high quality rice seed, seed production method, seed production calendar preparation.
• 3 types of sensitive agricultural techniques are identified among leaders of AC, farmer promoters and project team, including drip irrigation, raised bed gardening and mix cropping. These techniques are introduced to model farmers in order to develop their farms to learning site. 
• There are 25 saving groups and consist of 1495 members (1000 women) with saving capital of 2,113, 433,400 KH riel. 
• Three agriculture coops are being assessed by Rural Development Bank to provide loans: Sralao Samaky, Trapaing Russey and Rongroeung Meanchey. 
• 25 women received financial literacy training and family cash flow management. After training, most them have applied daily records on expenditure, income and profit of their business operations. In addition, trained women also disseminated this knowledge to AC members with their cooperative. 
• 36 women were introduced on enterprise start-up, value chain development and entrepreneurship. 
• One fish processing group in Rungroeung Meanchey agricultural cooperative was established with participation of 33 members (27 women), one traditional rice milled group at Santuk cooperative established with 15 members (12 women), 8 chicken producer group (128 members/96 women), 3 vegetable producer groups (56 members/34 women), 10 rice producer groups (169 members/132 women) established. These cooperatives' businesses are in their majority involving and led by women.
• 44% of women are members of AC boards of directors of 11 cooperatives.
• 30% of cooperative business led by women, including input supply, saving and credit and rice seed production. 
• 40 farmer organisations/farmer groups/Coops (44% women-led farmer organisations) developed and implemented successfully their business strategies/marketing plans and they also reported benefiting from engaging in networks/unions/federations.
• Three market channels connected and signed buying contract with 5 coops, including AMRU Rice Company for Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) rice, Duck and Chicken restaurant for chicken and vegetable; food boosting project for rice seed.
• There is an initiative to set up an agricultural cooperative union in Kampong Thom province between PDAFF and other stakeholders, including FNN. 
• One National Farmer Federation Forum (NF3) established, where 6 national farmer organisations, Farmer and Nature Net (FNN), Federation of Farmer Association Promoting Family Agriculture Enterprise in Cambodia (FAEC), Federation of Cambodian Farmer Organizations for Development (FCFD), Farmer and Water Net (FWN), Association Sustainable Agriculture Communities (ASAC) and Cambodian Farmers Association Federation of Agricultural Producers (CFAP), participated. 
• As member, the representative of FNN participated in Technical Working Group on Agriculture and Water (TWG-AW) meetings regularly, on a quarterly basis. The TWG-AW is co-chaired by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MORAM). The meeting is conducted on a quarterly basis with participation from its members, development partners, donors and relevant government agencies.
• The project organised two days capacity building training on the concept of agricultural cooperatives to commune councils and stakeholders conducted by the chief of agricultural cooperative development office of Kampong Thom PDAFF. The training has inspired participants, especially commune councils, to pay more attention on promoting agricultural cooperative development in their respective communes.
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