Chanmony Sean, a researcher at the Cambodia Development Research Institute, is currently doing a doctoral thesis on the agroecological transition in Cambodia, as part of our project “Agroecology and Safe food System Transitions (ASSET)”.
The overall objective is to build a tool and a methodology adaptable to local contexts, in order to evaluate agroecological systems in transition and support the actors of this transition. Chanmony has already conducted a critical review of current tools, their uses, their effects and their limits.
"The next steps in my work will be to identify the challenges and needs in terms of agroecological transitions and assessment and, finally, to develop adequate tools and methodologies to assess agroecological systems and support stakeholders in this transition," he explains.
Through this work, we hope to best support family farming and rice-growing systems in their transition to agroecology, in order to develop healthy and environmentally friendly production systems.