iCamp for Agriculture How might we help improve farming production in Cambodia?

January 25, 2017Venue: Coconut School

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About iCamp

iCamp, January 25, 2017, is a day-long event for those who understanding of farming production challenges to design and prototype solutions.

There were 10 use cases brought by 7 Institutions

1. How to help farmer to find market for their products with reasonable price and high quality products.

2. Promote quality seed for farmer to use so that it can help improve peddy for export3. Challenge technical knowledge transfer from technician trainer to farmer so that the farmer can

apply.4. How can we improve water saving technique to farmer5. How to provide localized weekly weather forecast to farmer6. How to help farmer access improve knowledge of farming practice7. How to improve irrigation system for farmer8. Farming system for disability. 9. How can we help breeder meet customer satisfaction10. How to help local producer finding market and acceptable price

5 use cases were voted to work for the

day

1. How to improve an irrigation system.

2. How to help farmers to find a market for their products with reasonable price and high quality products.

3. How to provide localized weather forecasts.

4. Farming systems for disabled farmers.

5. Promote quality seeds for farmer to use to help improve paddy for export.

Defined challenges idea

Agriculture Challenges

Discuss prototype

Validate with Farmers

5 Design Prototypes

How to help farmer to find market for their products with reasonable price and high quality products.

Training to the farmer is the best solution to help them understand how to grow and make their crop with quality.

Create a Facebook page to provide specific information about the quality of a seed. Provide immediate response when there is a question.

Promote quality seed for farmer to use so that it can help improve paddy for export

How to improve irrigation systemTo help the farmer able to access water, the team thinking of building dam for the community.

*The feedback from participant that the plan used to implement in some location by other NGOs. They need to huge investment and it seem doesn’t work well.

How to provide localized weather forecast

Using phone as a tool to provide weekly update information about weather and some voice education to farmer.

Information from mix of weather collection service to (provide crossover) accurate data that can be simplified and recorded and distributed by recorded message to low tech phone.

The farmer is willing to pay 2000 Riel per month for the service.

Farming system for disability

To support the disable farmers, the team has created the tools that able to connect to disability hand.