A Case Study on Strengthening Food Security and Agribusiness Innovation by Implementing the Saambat Project in Cambodia

Dongqi Shi, Adhita Sri Prabakusuma, Adhita Sri Prabakusuma, Hadi Yahya Saleh Mareeh

2020

Abstract

Cambodia government still faces agricultural productivity, labour competency, and climate change susceptibility problems. The government and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) have initiated a Sustainable Asset for Agricultural Market, Business, and Trade (SAAMBAT) collaboration project. A desk study using multiple data resources and project reports was performed to investigate the practical implementation of SAMBAAT in Cambodia. The data were available online and retrieved from the Cambodian government, ADB, IFAD, and The World Bank. The expert acquisition was also conducted by confirming the analysis and findings to professional third parties involving in the project monitoring. The local farmers started diversifying their value-added crops and operating their farming system by following Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) standards by adopting a new innovative technology to increase agricultural productivity, improving national food security establishment, and using digital apps to support their agribusiness sustainability, such as an e-agriculture platform developed by trained local youth. SAAMBAT is recommended to encourage the Techno Start-Up Center (TSC) to develop its organizational capability and business model to boost the digital economy’s innovation, specifically to support rural agribusiness growth. Further improvement and evaluation are required to maintain the process and enlarge the project’s impacts.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Shi D., Sri Prabakusuma A. and Mareeh H. (2020). A Case Study on Strengthening Food Security and Agribusiness Innovation by Implementing the Saambat Project in Cambodia. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology, and Environment - Volume 1: ICoSTE, ISBN 978-989-758-545-6, pages 101-110. DOI: 10.5220/0010796900003317

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icoste20,
author={Dongqi Shi and Adhita Sri Prabakusuma and Hadi Yahya Saleh Mareeh},
title={A Case Study on Strengthening Food Security and Agribusiness Innovation by Implementing the Saambat Project in Cambodia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology, and Environment - Volume 1: ICoSTE,},
year={2020},
pages={101-110},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010796900003317},
isbn={978-989-758-545-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology, and Environment - Volume 1: ICoSTE,
TI - A Case Study on Strengthening Food Security and Agribusiness Innovation by Implementing the Saambat Project in Cambodia
SN - 978-989-758-545-6
AU - Shi D.
AU - Sri Prabakusuma A.
AU - Mareeh H.
PY - 2020
SP - 101
EP - 110
DO - 10.5220/0010796900003317