Strengthening Decentralized Food Systems Governance in Cambodia: Lessons from an Inter-Provincial Workshop

Abstract

The Inter-Provincial Workshop on Sharing and Dissemination of Results of Decentralized Governance of Food Systems, Food Security, and Nutrition in Cambodia was convened at the Prey Veng Provincial Administration. The workshop brought together 83 representatives from national and sub-national government institutions, development partners, research organizations, and community stakeholders to reflect on lessons learned and explore pathways for scaling decentralized food systems governance across Cambodia. The workshop was co-organized by the Council for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), WorldFish Cambodia, and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), with support from CGIAR’s Scaling for Impact (S4I), Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Food (SAAF) and Multi-Functional Landscape (MFL) program. It focused on sharing experiences from the implementation of District Working Groups on Food Security and Nutrition (DWG-FSN) in Ba Phnom District (Prey Veng Province) and Santuk District (Kampong Thom Province), including ecosystem-based sub-working groups in Boeng Sneh Lake and Boeng Ream Community Fish Refuge (CFR)