An iCamp event was held in Cambodia to design solutions to improve farming production. 10 challenges were presented by 7 institutions, and 5 were selected to focus on: improving irrigation systems, helping farmers find markets, providing localized weather forecasts, developing farming systems for disabled farmers, and promoting quality seeds. Teams developed prototypes for each, such as a Facebook page with seed quality information, using phones to deliver weather updates, and tools to help disabled farmers. The prototypes were validated with farmers.

1. iCamp for Agriculture
How might we help improve farming production in Cambodia?
January 25, 2017
Venue: Coconut School
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2. About iCamp
iCamp, January 25, 2017, is a day-long
event for those who understanding of
farming production challenges to
design and prototype solutions.

3. There were 10 use cases brought by 7 Institutions
1. How to help farmer to find market for their products with reasonable price and high quality
products.
2. Promote quality seed for farmer to use so that it can help improve peddy for export
3. Challenge technical knowledge transfer from technician trainer to farmer so that the farmer can
apply.
4. How can we improve water saving technique to farmer
5. How to provide localized weekly weather forecast to farmer
6. How to help farmer access improve knowledge of farming practice
7. How to improve irrigation system for farmer
8. Farming system for disability.
9. How can we help breeder meet customer satisfaction
10. How to help local producer finding market and acceptable price

4. 5 use cases were voted to
work for the day
1. How to improve an irrigation
system.
2. How to help farmers to find a
market for their products with
reasonable price and high
quality products.
3. How to provide localized
weather forecasts.
4. Farming systems for disabled
farmers.
5. Promote quality seeds for
farmer to use to help improve
paddy for export.

5. Defined challenges idea

6. Agriculture Challenges

7. Discuss prototype

8. Validate with Farmers

9. 5 Design Prototypes

10. How to help farmer to find
market for their products
with reasonable price and
high quality products.
Training to the farmer is the best
solution to help them understand
how to grow and make their crop
with quality.

11. Create a Facebook page to provide
specific information about the
quality of a seed.
Provide immediate response when
there is a question.
Promote quality seed for farmer
to use so that it can help improve
paddy for export

12. How to improve irrigation system
To help the farmer able to access
water, the team thinking of building
dam for the community.
*The feedback from participant that
the plan used to implement in some
location by other NGOs. They need
to huge investment and it seem
doesn’t work well.

13. How to provide localized
weather forecast
Using phone as a tool to provide weekly
update information about weather and
some voice education to farmer.
Information from mix of weather
collection service to (provide crossover)
accurate data that can be simplified and
recorded and distributed by recorded
message to low tech phone.
The farmer is willing to pay 2000 Riel
per month for the service.

14. Farming system for
disability
To support the disable farmers, the
team has created the tools that able
to connect to disability hand.