FAEC Cambodia

FAEC Cambodia just registered newly on January 17, 2019, with the Ministry of Interior (MOI) of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to be aligned with the Association and Non-Governmental Organization Law that was adopted on July 13, 2015. Its by-law, which was approved in 2019, was deposited with MOI and it is strictly complied with, but in case of any changes, FAEC Cambodia must report to there, because any association or organization doing something contrary to its by-law it has deposited with MOI is a sign that the association or organization is ruled by illiterates or corrupt people and the results of those actions contrary to the by-law are not legally recognized. FAEC Cambodia is a Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Association (NP-NGA) and plays the role of a National Farmers’ Organization and a Membership Organization (NFO-MO) in Cambodia governed by a Board of Directors. FAEC Cambodia has its functions with the dynamic and potential efforts to strengthen and support the farmers’ organizations at national and sub-national levels and their members including marginalized women and youth and disabled farmers as well as the members of family farmers, in the fields of institutional development; good governance; advocacy; social accountability; gender and inclusive empowerment for women, youth, and disabled farmers; entrepreneurship for access to finances and markets; sustainable agriculture and irrigation; water & waste management; education; health; social well-being; counter trafficking & sexual exploitation; climate change resilience, adaptation, mitigation; and forest and biodiverse landscape conservations.

Up to now, there have been 46 farmers’ organizations, and 47,956 household members including 56% women and 15% young farmers in 6 targeted north-western provinces of Cambodia are members of FAEC Cambodia, and these numbers will increase when FAEC Cambodia’s projects extend to other coverage areas.

The term farmers’ organizations defined by FAEC Cambodia, refer to the family farmers’ groups who joined together to work in cohesive-structured and collective business groups such as agriculture cooperatives, fishing communities, forestry communities, tourism communities, lands communities, indigenous communities, farmers’ associations, fishermen’s association, savings group, cattle, and rice loans group, etc. Conclusively, the farmers' organizations are the groups or clusters of small-scale farmers who come together to do collective business for the common benefits and to protect their common rights and members, and their groups are registered legally by the internal rules of Cambodia.

FAEC Cambodia is one NFO amongst 5 NFOs in an NFO platform in Cambodia including FNN, FWN, CFAP Cambodia, and FCFD. These NFOs are being worked in Cambodia to support and strengthen the capacity of farmers’ organizations at the sub-national level (called Sub-National Farmers’ Organizations, SNFOs). These NFOs were represented in Cambodia for implementing the Medium Term Cooperation Program with Farmers’ Organization in Asia and the Pacific Phase 2 (MTCP-2), 2014-2019. And now FAEC Cambodia is NFO involved in implementing Asia and Pacific Farmers’ Program and Farmers’ Organization for Asia (APFP-FO4A) in Cambodia.

Vision, why do we exist?FAEC Cambodia wants to see better economics, well-being, and environment for all family farmers’ members, now and for future generations. Mission, what do we need to do?FAEC Cambodia helps millions of family farmers’ members and their well-structured organizations to grow better in economics, well-being, and environmental sustainability.