The 5th GIFT Programme: Organic Rice Trading - Cambodia, March 2008

Participants in the Cambodia YLP project worked with local organisation, CEDAC, to develop a business plan for their Natural-Agri-Product (NAP) venture. This initiative aims to establish an agro supply chain which produces and markets organic products such as rice, chickens, and vegetables to consumers in Cambodia and the Mekong Delta region -- the participants decided to focus their business recommendations on rice farming. In the process Young Leaders explored how smallholder Cambodian farmers can improve their outlook through networks of local entrepreneurs and contribute to CEDAC's adoption of a social enterprise operational model.