commune authorities and local farmers would gain more experiences in conducting organic agriculture for adapting to climate change within their commune. The community would have more understanding on its impacts on their livelihoods and seek more prevention and adaptive options to help them reduce the vulnerabilities by drought and flood. 4. Dissemination of Lessons Learnt from the Project Lessons learnt from the project were disseminated through various chanels including news letters on “Sustainable Agriculture” which was published once a year from 2013 to 2016, pamphlets and handouts related to organic agriculture and sustainable farming practices were also produced and disseminated in the project area and nearby communes from 2012 to 2016. There were annual project evaluation meetings held once or twice a year both in Japan and in Cambodia. The participants in projects evaluation meeting learnt the progress of the project and gave comments and suggestions for project improvement. Moreover, the farmers who actively participated in the project were able to be trainers for farmers from other province. On 2014 and 2015, farmers from Snoul Commune, Kratie province visited Samroung Commune to learn organic farming practices and climate change adaptation to practice in their farms. IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change through organic agriculture is a very useful approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission. The approach also addresses Sustainable Development Goals target 2.4 in term of ensuring sustainable food production systems that strengthen the capacity of small scale farmers for adaptation to climate change. The project has built the capacity of farmers through a series of workshops and technical Fig.6 Observing organic farming practice on October 2012, Thailand Fig.7 Observing organic farming practice on June 2013, Japan Fig.8 Observing bio-fertilizer making on December 2014, Thailand 318 Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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