Sustainable Agriculture Manuals

Objectives:
• To build the capacity of farmer by providing knowledge on sustainable agriculture through technical training.
• To encourage farmers to use natural resources and low external input to get more income for their families.
• To be able disseminate information and technique on sustainable agriculture to the others.

The sustainable agriculture manuals published in Khmer language for 5 modules and 11 lessons:

Module 1 (a book) 2002
• Lesson from nature
• Soil improvement
  Module 2 (a book) 2002
• Rice production
  Module 3 (a book) 2002
• Vegetable production
• Home gardening
  Module 4 (a book) 2002
• Integrated farming system
• Secondary crops
  Module 5 (a book) 2002
• Fruit trees
• Nurseries and Timber
• Multipurpose trees/construction trees
• Water and nutrient management

SMALL-SCALE ANIMAL RAISING:

Training Manual in Khmer
• Chicken raising -1998
• Pig raising -1998
• Cattle raising -1998
• Duck raising -1998
• UREA treat with rice straw -1998
  -A guide to appropriated local breed of animal for raising, how to choose suit place and to build animal house and animal feed and feeding. The methods of animal prevention from diseases.

6-Book for Module1 -1998
• Animal organism
• -Causes lead animal getting thin and sick

7-Book for Module 2 -1998
• Medical for animal treatment
• Therapy for animal
• Animal diseases cause by parasite

8-Book for Module 3 -1998
• Reproductive diseases
• Infectious diseases of cattle
• Infectious diseases of pig
• Infectious diseases of chicken and
• Infectious diseases of duck.

A guide to provide on basic knowledge on animal health and animal production,diagnosis animal disease,cure and to vaccinate animal.

SMALL-SCALE FISH CULTURE:

Training Manual in Khmer

These Training Manuals aim to:

Provide basic knowledge on Fish Culture Technique Encourage farmers to use low input in order to get more income It able disseminate information and Techniques to the others

• History and Important Aquaculture section in Cambodia : 2001
• Kind of Aquaculture: 2001
• Characteristic of Aquaculture: 2001
• Aquaculture in Cambodia :2001
• Some Kinds of Aquaculture Techniques :2001
• Pond Preparation Technique: 2001
• Pond Ecosystems: 2001
• Fish Biology: 2001
• Pond Management During Fish Culture : 2001
• Harvest Technique: 2001
• Transportation Technique: 2001
• Pond Nursing Technique: 2001
• Hapa Nursing Technique: 2001
• The key Important Points for Fish Culture: 2001
• The Important Point for manure Utilization: 2001
• Integrated Fish Farming System: 2001
• Rice Fish Culture: 2001
• Fish-Cum-Pig Integration: 2001
• Fish-Cum-Duck Integration: 2001
• Fish-Cum-Chicken Integration: 2001
• Sustainable Agriculture Training of Trainer: 2001
• Better to Improve Aquaculture: 2000

GENDER

• "Gender by pictures manual in Khmer
  Is a manual with the illustrations on some Gender Concepts for internal use. This manual help both the facilitators and the communities in teaching and in understanding based on a chinese saying "Hearing a thousand times is not equal to seeing a one time"
• The Gender ToT manual in Khmer by Young Vin, 2000
  The book described about -Training skills -Lessons plan on different topics in "Gender and Development"-Enerzigers and Training evaluation
• "The gender training team of the area support Units" in Khmer by Young Vin, 2001
  The book composed of two parta: - Part I is a curriculum considered as reading material to consolidate and broaden the gender knowledge of the team. - Part II is the Gender curriculum to educate the communities.
• The " Gender refresher course manual " in Khmer by Young Vin, 2002
  The book composed: - Quality of facilitator and teaching skills; - Different enerzigers
  -Training process; - Gender glossary; - Basic Gender concept for communities as reading material.
• The " Gender responsive workshop " in Khmer by Young Vin, 2000
  The book composed:
  - General planning concept - What is gender responsive planning?; - Planning should relate to gender specific needs; - Gender analytical tools for planning; -How to integrate Gender planning into Programs /projects.
• The "Gender Policy at Organization and Program level
• The gender magazine "Gender and Development" Padek published in March 2001 with 52 pages in khmer. The Magazine contained various issues: articles advocate against violence against women, articles on Gender and culture & religion and Good gender Practices in the Padek Integrated Community development (PICDM).
• The gender magazine "Informing to Empower" Padek published in March 2002 with 60 pages contained also various articles for the knowledge of the readers to combat violence and discrimination in the wged employment, on the initiatives of women candidates on communes development and the positive impact of mainstreaming gender into the development interventions.