Tag Archives: Water resources
Legal Base of FWUC’s Operation in Cambodia
FWUC stands for Farmer Water User Community, a legal entity established to support especially agricultural water users to operate and maintain the irrigation systems, after it was built. There are currently more than 300 FWUCs registered at the level of the Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology (MOWRAM), with some few more at the local …
FWUCs Development in Cambodia
FWUC stands for Farmer Water User Community, a legal entity initiated and supported by the state to encourage farmers and agricultural water users to work collectively in order to operate and maintain the irrigation systems in Cambodia. An inventory done by CEDAC in 2009 found out that there are around 2,500 schemes exist in this …
Integrated Water Resources Management, Australian Experiences
MELBOURNE: From 08 August to 09 September 2011, Mr. Khim Sophanna has been awarded to participate in the short course on Integrated Water Resource Management in Australia. The course was organized by the Chisholm Institute in association with Earth Systems and Entura/Hydro Tasmania and it was supported by AusAID. The objectives of the course are …
Sustainable Water Resources Management and Allocation in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH: On 29 July, 2011; a national workshop was organized by Cambodia Development Resources Institute (CDRI) in the Phnom Penh hotel. The topic is “Sustainable Water Resource Management and Allocation in Cambodia. Mr. Khim Sophanna, Senior Program Advisor and Mr. Seng Sophak, ISC Institutional Development Specialist, attended the program. The main objectives of the workshop are: to share …
Cambodia-Australia Partners’ Roundtable Workshop
On 18 July, 2011; a Cambodia-Australia Water-Food-Energy Partners’ Roundtable and Integrated Water Resource Management Short Course Award was organized by AusAID, in Sunway hotel, Phnom Penh. The Gathering was presided over by H.E. Penny Richards, Ambassador of Australia to the Kingdom of Cambodia and H.E. Hang Choun Naron, Vice-Chairman of SNEC. On behalf of CEDAC, Mr. Khim Sophanna, Senior Program Advisor, …
Irrigation development in Cambodia: Challenges and Opportunities
By Dr. Yang Saing Koma, Khim Sophanna and Seng Sophak (CEDAC) Irrigation development had deep root in the Cambodian history since the Angkor period, especially from the 11-14th century. And during the Khmer rouge regime from 1975 to 1978, forced labor was used to build several hundred of irrigation schemes across Cambodia within about 3 years. Currently, Irrigation development is …
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