KSU collaborates with the soybean association to launch $17M program in Cambodia
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Scientists and leaders from Kansas State University announced last week the creation of a unique project that brings together soybean growers in the United States and fish farms in Cambodia to build sustainable food and trade networks.

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research and Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) at Kansas State University, in partnership with the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health, officially launched the Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade Cambodia project, which is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture Food for Progress program.
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Soybean growers visit southeast Asia*
Soybean growers stress four key points while visiting Cambodia and Myanmar.
Jan 22, 2020

U.S. soybean growers celebrated a milestone while in Cambodia earlier this month.

The American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health’s Southeast Asia trade team joined a ribbon cutting for Cambodia’s first in-pond raceway aquaculture system, an important innovation for the sustainable increase of fish production in the region, during WISHH's 2020 U.S.-Cambodia Soy Trading Conference.

USDA funds supported the Jan. 12-20 travel for 13 soybean leaders to have face-to-face discussions with WISHH's many contacts in the human food and livestock feed industries.

“We came to make personal connections with our current and future customers for U.S. soy. By visiting Cambodia and Myanmar, we hope we demonstrated how much we care about these emerging markets and our customers’ success using U.S. soy,” said WISHH Program Committee Chair Daryl Cates, an Illinois soybean grower.

Four key points

U.S. soybean growers delivered four key messages while there, Cates said.

“First, we stressed that U.S. soy is high-quality protein. Second, we shared with these emerging market leaders that the United States is a reliable supplier of sustainable soy to meet their protein needs,” he said. “Third, we emphasized that U.S. soy is delivered in containers, bags and really however they want it. Finally, we reinforced the message to Cambodia and Myanmar’s food and feed leaders that we will help them maximize the value of U.S. soy through WISHH’s multi-faceted technical assistance.”

The pond

The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council supported WISHH technical assistance in the planning and construction of Cambodia’s first in-pond raceway aquaculture system, which is a channel for continuous flow of water to grow fish at the Rathada Farms Hatchery. The family-owned business breeds tilapia and catfish. Rathada raises the fish through the “seed” and fry stages before selling fingerlings to fish producers in the region.

“Our Missouri farmers’ soybean checkoff dollars were vital to WISHH’s work with Rathada on the new raceway,” said David Lueck, a WISHH Program Committee member and a past MSMC chairman. “Furthermore, WISHH leveraged our investment by integrating Rathada’s strengthened fish-production capacity into WISHH’s USDA-funded Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade (CAST) – Cambodia project.”

CAST is a USDA Food for Progress project designed to develop a lasting aquaculture industry in Cambodia. Cambodia’s GDP has increased by more than 7% per year since 2011, growing the demand for animal and aquaculture-sourced protein. The country’s aquaculture industry demand for soybean protein is projected to reach 100,000 metric tons per year by 2030.

ASA/WISHH connects trade and development across global market systems, improving food security. U.S. soybean growers founded WISHH in 2000 to serve as a catalyst in emerging markets.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:17 pm Cambodia’s first in-pond raceway aquaculture system

the future
needs to happen for marine species too unless we want empty oceans

idk why the anti GM bias was gratuitously attached to this topic
i would think feeding the fish soy of any kind would be the first concern
do tilapia or catfish eat soy bean or anything like it natively?

fax wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:22 am Farming has significantly increased the speed of mutation. Here is a 300 year old species wild carrot. Thank god for evolution it looks and tastes like a tree root

Looks like Cambodian Street Food - River Weeds and Fish Bones. This wild carrot tree root will fit right in here.

Fish-farm insurance may be piloted in 3 provinces by Dec, 2022
Hom Phanet | Publication date 21 August 2022 | 20:12 ICT

Public and private stakeholders are looking into setting up freshwater aquaculture insurance services in Cambodia to mitigate farmers’ risks and losses due to rising temperatures and rainfall levels as well as other climate change-linked phenomena, with pilot policies planned for three target provinces possibly taking effect by end-2022.

World Vision Cambodia, American Soybean Association, partners from the financial and insurance industries, and farmer representatives organised a consultative workshop on “Unlocking Smallholder Financial Needs Through Credit-Linked Aquaculture Insurance”.

The event explored various approaches to aquaculture insurance, touching on procedures, credit terms, and other conditions, with emphasis on the importance of tripartite partnerships between the farmers, financial institutions and insurance companies, in accordance with principles laid out by the government.

Forte Insurance Group CEO Youk Chamroeunrith told The Post that the insurance policies would be piloted in Pursat, Battambang and Siem Reap provinces, adding that more details still need to be hammered out.
More here: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ ... vinces-dec

Commercialisation of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade (CAST) Project Factsheet (1 March 2023)

Commercialisation of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade (CAST) project aims to accelerate the growth and development of freshwater aquaculture in Cambodia. The project works with hatcheries, fish producers, distributors, buyers and financial/insurance institutions through promoting Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary standards, providing training on Business Development Services, improving marketing and branding of Cambodia-raised fish, and strengthening value chain actors.

This project is funded by United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) and jointly implemented by American Soybean Association (ASA), Auburn University, Kansas State University, and World Vision International.
https://reliefweb.int/report/cambodia/c ... march-2023