Next-Gen Agricultural Extension

Australia-Cambodia Research team | Agricultural extension | Farmer decision-making | Social relations | Funded by @ACIARAustralia

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Building resilient livelihoods through people-centred agricultural extension https://t.co/kmUHLqCnHJ

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Our latest—and final—newsletter is here 🇰🇭📬! See how we’ve connected research with local action and fostered shared learning to advance sustainable agriculture. @ACIARAustralia https://t.co/m1E2EVmKIf #SustainableAgriculture #Research

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We had an insightful site visit during our end-of-project review in Battambang this month. Farmers shared firsthand how homestead vegetable gardens, chicken rearing, and village savings groups have improved their livelihoods. #RuralDevelopment @ACIARAustralia 🇰🇭 🫜 💵

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Thanks @ACIARAustralia for taking part in our 3-day end-of-project review in Battambang. We gained valuable learnings on the project’s outputs and outcomes — huge thanks to our partners, activity leaders, and the communities we work with. 🇰🇭 🌽 🌾

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Learn how building a small vegetable net house beside their home impacted farming households in Northwest Cambodia 🫜🫛🇰🇭 The biggest shift? Less worry about food safety. Read more: https://t.co/8NqhQjS1bP @ACIARAustralia #FoodSecurity

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🌱 Sophea Yous (PRD): In NW Cambodia, home vegetable gardens gave farming families trusted food beyond harvests — ✅ improving access ✅ cutting food spending ✅ boosting food-safety confidence ✅ strengthening peer learning and climate/production risk management. #FoodSecurity

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Congratulations to Dr. Pao SREAN, from our project partner - the National University of Battambang - who received the Outstanding Cambodian Scientists Award 2025 (Silver)! https://t.co/N3Gm7pIiPV

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Discover how the Next-Gen project supports villagers to form community savings groups that build financial resilience, lower debt, and fund small businesses and household needs. Read more: https://t.co/DfqDO21HVQ @ACIARAustralia #FinancialInclusion

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Our latest newsletter is out 🇰🇭📬! It covers village savings groups boosting resilience, SDG-focused research on smallholder decision-making and risk, and climate extremes shaping farmers' livelihoods and adaptation in NW Cambodia. @ACIARAustralia https://t.co/ywVZOgydau

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This week Dr Van Touch visited the University of Melbourne to share takeaways from farmer field schools run by the Next-Gen Project. Learn more: https://t.co/LZM1nDtPrk

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A 1°C rise in temperature can cut rice yields by up to 6–7%.

At IRRI, scientists across disciplines are joining forces to tackle rising heat, drought, and salinity in rice systems.

Read more: https://t.co/suJbqjcPnV

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How does expertise in rural development evolve?
New research in SEA shows it is not linear, but a transformative journey shaped by challenge, learning and reflection. Rethinking expertise can support co-learning and system change for the SDGs. Read more: https://t.co/c8VJaAQTJg

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When does art drive social change? More research from the Next-Gen Project on participatory theatre. Findings: emotion boosts memory but participation drives action. Read more: https://t.co/29u9KbqDlM 📽 Watch the documentary + performances: https://t.co/yKjhaLjX27

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Next-Gen research examines how rural Cambodians manage migration within 🇰🇭 and to 🇹🇭. We integrate mobility histories with labor and wellbeing analysis. Migration serves as a strategy to stabilise precarious livelihoods, not just to leave agriculture. https://t.co/vruVRfjCvc

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The Next-Gen project supports 4 savings groups in NW Cambodia, enhancing resilience, reducing high-interest debt, and strengthening communities. Members plan to use loans for livestock, motorbikes for school access, and health costs.

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Explore the impacts of farmer-led, field-based extension on cassava farming in NW Cambodia! Practical training in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) is boosting yields, sustainability & confidence. Learn more about these positive outcomes @ACIARAustralia https://t.co/YZquRiZVkG

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Listen to research on smallholders in SEA: How are rice farmers faring in the Philippines? on @rss https://t.co/x60rSgzpPk

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2025 Research Report | Findings show that farmer decisions are shaped by structural precarity; intensification works when aligned with real constraints; & extension succeeds through trust, agency & relationships. 🌾📊 https://t.co/0f6bBR8d1d @SciMelb @ACIARAustralia #SDGs

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📄 Our latest newsletter is out. Featuring early insights from financial literacy training and new research using 🎭 forum theatre and 📸 photo-diaries to examine learning, reflection, and change. @ACIARAustralia @SciMelb https://t.co/T3gOVwfRtZ