Notes

Checklist of sustainability criteria for rice farming systems in Cambodia

• Apply 5-10 ton/ha of good quality compost annually1
• Grow leguminous green manure crop prior to, or after the rice crop
• Plough rice stubble into the field (not burn it)
• Rice straw made into compost or fed to animals and manure used in compost
• The use of chemical fertilizers reduced and replaced by organic fertilizers and nutrient cycling
• Use of botanical pesticides rather than chemical pesticides
• Apply the principles of the System of Rice Intensification
• Save own seed for planting each year
• Irrigation system of ponds and canals integrated into the farm
• Return yields of greater than 2 ton/hectare2
• Return profits of greater than US$1.00 per labour-day3

LEISA Magazine • 21.3 • September 2005 ~ ileia.org

From streetside to the retail market, the journey of trash

"[Around] 75 percent of waste in Cambodia is organic," said Heng Yon Kora, director of the Community Sanitation and Recycling Organisation (CSARO). ~ phnompenhpost.com

Cambodia's garbage to be turned into compost

Cintri deputy director, Seng Chamroeun, says they will soon begin combing the refuse piles at Stung Meanchey landfill site for appropriate organic waste. ~ radioaustralia.net.au