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Fig.4  Average  amount  of  chemical  fertilizer  used  by  farmers  before  and  after  project  implementation plant  and  animal  residues  in  order  to  return  nutrients  to  the  soils  through  composting  would  minimize  the  use  of  non-renewable  resources  and  reduce  GHG  emission.  The  achievement  from  this  project  would  expectedly contribute  to  increase  job  opportunities  and  partly  reduce  labour  migration  from  this  commune  to  the  city  and  neighbouring  countries. 2.  Capacity  Building  Improvement Numbers  of  capacity  building  workshops and  technical  trainings  had  been  provided  for  local  farmers  to  promote  organic  agriculture  in  the  project  area  by  encouraging  them  to  apply  compost  or  using  cyclic  use  of  plant  and  animal  residues  to  increase  nutrient  in  the  soil  in  order  to  improve  the  environment  and  reduce  CO2  emissions.  Moreover,  the  training  on  organic  agriculture  was  not  only  conducted  and  practiced  in  the  project  area,  but  also  in  other  countries.  Farmers  from  Samroung  commune  were  invited  to  join  the  technical  training  in  Thailand  and  Japan  during  2012  to  2014  in  order  to  gain  more  knowledge  and  experiences  related  to  organic  agriculture  and  sustainable  resource  utilization.  Currently,  farmers  at  the  target  area  in  Samroung  Commune,   Kampong  Cham  Province  are  producing  organic  vegetables  to  supply  to  the  local  market;  as  a  result,  more  income  is  generated  (Figure  5).  Moreover,  they are  producing  organic  agricultural  products  such  as  compost,  granular  compost  and  bio- pesticide  for  using  in  their  farms.  Also,  they  have  shared  the  experiences  and  knowledge  what  they  have  learnt  with  other  farmers  who  are  not  the  members  of  the  project.  Aside  from these,  farmers  are  aware  of  selecting  suitable  crop  varieties  to  grow  in  rainy  and  dry  season  and  change  the  way  of  growing  crops  to  those  more  adaptable  to  the  climate  change  condition. 3.  Raising  Climate  Change  Awareness  through organic  farming Workshops  for  raising  climate  change  awareness  through  organic  farming  have  been  conducted  in  the  target  area  in  order  to  increase the  knowledge  on  climate  change  at  village  and  commune  level. The  benefits  from  climate  change  awareness  by  promoting  organic  agriculture  would  mainstream  concepts  of  climate  change  adaptation  to  local  farmers  as  well  as  the  commune  authorities  in  the  project  site.  Therefore,  the  commune  authorities  and  project  beneficiaries  could  understand  what  the  main  impacts  of  climate  change  are  and  which  intervention  options  are  available  in  the  commune  and  should  be  taken  in  consideration.  More  importantly,  the  Fig.5  Changes  of  farmer’s  average  annual  incomes Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the 317 Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


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