1. Yang Saing Koma
ARUN International Symposium
6-7 September, 2012

2. CEDAC
Organic Rice Storage +
Marketing Shop and
Production Processing
& Sale other
(Farmer (Private
(SKC) private
supported by Rice Mill)
retails
CEDAC)

3. CORB : production, storage, processing, sale
and marketing support services to rice farmers
CORB seeks to achieve following social
objectives by combining development and
business approach:
 Improving livelihood for organic rice farmers
 Contributed to sustainability of rice
production systems
 Contributed to improved public health

4.  Around 1.8 million rice farmers families (60 %
of Cambodia population)
 Issues of rice farmers:
- Lower yields, higher expenses on external
input
- Lower prices, prices determined by traders
- Soil degradation and pollution
- Health problem
- Lack of trust in cooperatives

5.  CEDAC as Cambodian NGO set up in August
1997 to work for the improvement of livelihood
of farmers, with > 100,000 farmers supported to
improve rice production
 2004: Integration of organic rice marketing
support services through opening pilot shop in
Phnom Penh
 2009: Established Sahakreas CEDAC (SKC) to be
responsible in sale and marketing of organic
food products, especially organic rice,
 2012: Introduction of the rice mill cooperative
initiative

6.  Company owned by CEDAC and farmers
 Set up in 2009 to provide sale and marketing
services to farmers
 Current main products: organic rice, wild
honey, traditional rice wine and palm sugar
 Market: Phnom Penh, USA, Ho Chi Minh City
 Number of organic rice farmers : 2000
families supported by CEDAC projects
 Main investment partners: Oiko Credit and
ARUN, mainly in paddy procurement

7.  Procurement of paddy
 Storage (private warehouse and own
warehouse)
 Milling (private rice mill)
 Packaging
 Distribution and sale services
 Export services
 Organic rice brand development

8.  Technical support services to small rice
farmers to increase rice production and to
produce organic fragrant rice with lower
cost/zero expenses on external inputs
 Quality control (organic certification) services
 Producer organizations development and
management support
 Consumer education and raising awareness
on organic food and organic farming

11. 27.10.2012

16.  CEDAC support: Improved production with lower
cost on external input, improved producer
organization, improved soil fertility
 SKC business: improved access to market and
higher prices for farmers, increased motivation to
work together in producer organizations and to
produce higher quality rice
 CEDAC + SKC = higher net income for rice
farmers, improved cooperation among farmers,
change of power relationship, laying foundation
for financial sustainability of the whole operation,

17.  Growing demand of organic rice, domestic and
international markets
 Foundation for CEDAC organic rice laid, including
brand popularity, distribution and retail networks
 Increasing number of rice farmers supported by
CEDAC producing rice surplus for the markets
 Donors’ support to CEDAC work with rice farmers
to improve rice production
 Favorable government policies to support rice
business and rice export

18.  Improve more benefits to farmers by
integration of community-based rice mill
cooperatives (RMC) into the systems
 Improving profits to ensure the financial
sustainability and autonomy the whole
operation of CORB
 Expanding the benefits of CORB to more rice
farmers, up to 100,000 farmers by 2022

19.  Producing can sell milled rice with higher
price than paddy
 Access to rice husks for improving soil
fertility and rice bran for developing animal
husbandry and fish culture
 RMC can be the focal point for farmers to
interact with each other and to interact with
other stakeholders as well as future service
provider centers for farmers

20. CEDAC
Storage +
Marketing Shop and
Production Processing
& Sale other
(Farmer) (Private
(SKC) private
Rice Mill)
retails
Storage + Retails
Production Marketing &
Processing (Private
(Farmer) Sale (SKC)
(RMC) Business)

21. RMC
PG
PG
PG
RMC SKC RMC
RMC

22.  Raising awareness and educating farmers on
benefits cooperatives, especially RMC, and
organic rice farming business
 Capital contribution from farmers to invest in rice
mills and in procuring paddy (RMC investment
fund)
 Changing the attitude of farmers in selling paddy
to selling milled rice to get installment payment
 Developing RMC and SKC business and financial
management capacity
 Developing human resources to applying
business approach in development