Helping Address Rural Vulnerabilities and Ecosystem STability (HARVEST)

HARVEST works with public, private and civil society organizations to strengthen food security and to reduce the number of Cambodians, especially women and children, suffering from malnutrition.

HARVEST is developing agricultural solutions to address poor productivity, postharvest losses, food safety issues, lack of market access, environmental degradation and the effects of climate change on food vulnerable populations. The program focuses on household production, rural income diversification and value-chain strengthening.

Improved land and other resource management will conserve and maintain the economic value of Cambodia's sensitive ecosystems and rich biodiversity, as well as reduce the vulnerability of agriculture and rural communities to climate change.

Permanently reducing hunger and maintaining sustainable use of natural or communal resources are the central, long-term goals of the U.S. Government; goals that will effectively tackle two of the worst aspects of poverty.