Family farms for the future : impact of microcredit

This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)Annex 1 for final technical report : Scale up of homestead food production for improved household food security and nutrition in Cambodia - fish on farms phase 2 : family farms for the futureA cost-sharing model was adopted for the Family Farms for the Future (FF4F) project to increase the potential for long-term sustainability of project outcomes, whereby participating households agreed to invest in the development of their food production. The project participants, Cambodian rural women farmers, were provided with access to a well-established microcredit service provider, as one option to finance their investment, accompanied by basic financial training. However, project findings established that most families relied on their own personal savings