The entrepreneurs reimagining Cambodia’s agriculture sector
A new generation of agro-entrepreneurs is emerging in Cambodia. Through our DakDam Incubator Season 2, we got to know an amazing group of innovators delivering environmental-friendly products and services that increase the income of smallholder farmers.
- Lyhour Heang
Some people might describe Cambodia’s agriculture sector through the lens of its challenges: stuck in the past, resistant to modernization; over-reliant on environmentally harmful chemical inputs; unable to match the yields and quality of imported products.
But when we talk to the agri-entrepreneurs in our DakDam Incubator, they’re able to tell us a different story, grounded in their experiences working to build the resilience and prosperity of the sector.
Ask them to describe Cambodia’s agriculture sector and their vision for the future, and they will tell you about innovative approaches to utilizing post-harvest and post-processing waste. About farmers adopting regenerative practices and seeing dramatic increases in their product yield and quality. About agricultural cooperatives improving access to farming information, data, and tools. About unique new food products hitting the market, proudly 100% made in Cambodia.
I could go on, but instead, I want you to meet these innovators yourself!
A new generation of agriculture entrepreneurs in Cambodia
We were honored to support nine emerging entrepreneurs in the second edition of our DakDam Incubator, a program that supported early-operational entrepreneurs to strengthen their business models strengthen their networks, capacity development, and visibility. These entrepreneurs are putting planet and people before profit to solve the most pressing issues in the Cambodian agriculture sector.
PhallChangrit (PCr.)
PhallChangrit (PCr.) transforms cassava waste into nutritive cricket feed as a low-cost substitute to traditional duck feed to feed crickets.
Preksvay Farm
Preksvay Farm provides quality and safe backyard chickens in partnership with smallholder farmers, primarily women. They provide input consulting techniques and markets for quality and safe farm chickens.
iGreen SYNERGY
iGreen SYNERGY is a research-based company creating natural pesticides and fertilizers for home ornamental plant growers and those with small plots of land to grow crops and ornamental plants.
KFAST
KFAST engineered an automated bean sprout growing machine to solve the problems of traditional bean sprout business owners, including reducing production costs and creating a broader market for farmers.
Somlod Ratanakphal
Samlod Rattanakphal Agricultural Community set up waste collection services to reduce plastic, process waste into natural and safe fertilizers, and employ members to minimize migration.
Ratanak Farm (KiriFarm)
RatanakFarm (KiriFarm) supports and trains local indigenous farmers (indigenous Kuoy) on growing organic fruits using natural and regenerative techniques.
Sora Khmer
Sora Khmer turns dried fruits available in the community to make liquor and tea products such as Mango Liquor, Jackfruit Rum, Citronella Aroma, and Citronella Green tea.
Composo
Composo (now AgroNature) processes organic waste into highly-nutritive compost to address the shortage of compost affecting Cambodian farmers and the problem of growing amount of waste in the city.
Our thanks to the support of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Khmer Enterprise, and HEKS Cambodia, which made the DakDam Incubator possible!
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