In the collaborative project entitled “Promoting ESD through Food, Agriculture and Environment Education in Elementary Schools and Rural Communities in Cambodia”, the activities focused on ‘Forming farmers’ groups and promoting organic farming based on natural resource circulation’, ‘Promoting the distribution and sales of products with low chemical input’ and ‘Promoting food, agriculture and environment education for agricultural successors’ under the collaboration of government, university, local NGOs and local communities. However, ‘Food, Agriculture and Environment Education’ has been implemented not only in elementary schools but also rural communities.

The achievements until March 2014 are as follows:

- Compost boxes and school organic gardens were already established at 10 elementary schools in Kampong Cham province under the supports of farmers’ group and school teachers.

- Farmers’ group was formed to implement and promote sustainable agriculture through natural resource circulation.

- The meeting to discuss vegetable production and marketing strategy was held in order to consult the relevant problems for solutions in farms to support and encourage local farmers to produce vegetable with low chemical input.

- Technical trainings on sustainable agriculture based on natural resource circulation with low chemical input were conducted in Cambodia, Thailand and Japan.

- Sustainable agriculture based on natural resource circulation with low chemical input was promoted to local farmers as non-member of the group through workshop and model farms.

- Pellet compost center was established and the regulations of center management were compiled.

- Eri-culture, wild silk production has been promoted to deepen awareness on environment in rural communities.

- The 3rd year project evaluation was conducted and observed. In the observation, transformative learning was achieved at the elementary schools and Samroung Safe Agricultural Products (SSAP) through trainings. The farmers and school teachers appeared to be engaging and willing to learn and implement knowledge learned.

- Questionnaire survey to observe ESD program contributed to environment education in elementary schools and local communities.