Cambodian Agriculture Overview

Cambodia suffers a drought situation for four to five months of the year and alternative water resources are limited due to poor conditions of irrigation systems. The result is low agricultural production leaving villagers with little or nothing to eat, or sell, when their rice reserves are exhausted, which could be four to six months each year. Depending on water from the rainy season most families are limited in their agriculture cultivation to one season, growing only one crop of rice per year, which does not produce enough to support their family. Pump wells or cement ring pit wells that Trailblazer Foundation installs provides villagers with enough water to use for irrigation of vegetables and fruits during the dry season or year-round thereby reducing the effects of drought.