Apart from working as a teacher at primary school, I also joined the producer group of vegetables at Women Agricultural Cooperative (WAC) called Svay Meanchey Satrey Samaky, living in Kchang Tbong village, Svay Commune, Kampong Chhnang Province, which is around 50km from Phnom Penh city.
By joining the training with CWEDII project about technical to plant vegetables like long bean, cucumber, morning glory, it made me to consume the water less then before. Normally, I could get around 3 million – 4 million riels round year.
The income that I got from selling vegetables, I kept for my children’s education, some to invest more in my farm, and also for joining the social events like wedding, ceremony, and other Buddhism events. I’m appreciated for what WACs have done so far especially the role of them to facilitate to sell my vegetables to the market through collective center. I don’t feel fear that my vegetables can’t be sold out anymore.
However, I still need more training about technical about planting other crops as well.