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This manual encourages the agricultural sector, AIDS programmes and NGOs to assist farming communities in their efforts to build their resilience and reduce their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.

Pesticides have played a role in increasing crop yields and food security but, in contrast to modern products marketed in the developed world, many pesticides used in developing countries like Cambodia fail to meet international quality standards. Agriculture, rice production in particular, is of major importance to Cambodian food security [...]

This paper reports the results of a pilot qualitative study in 3 vegetable growing areas of Cambodia: Kandal and Siem Riep provinces and areas around Phnom Penh. The aim of the pilot was to assess how farmers feel pesticides affect their own and their family’s health, determine what [...]