Agroecology Gardens for the Future (AG4F), public school gardens in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia · Operator: Eclosio / Uni4Coop（ベルギー）、ルーヴァン協力（Louvain Coopération）、カンボジア王立農業大学 農学部
Overview
A project creating agroecological vegetable gardens in the yards of Phnom Penh's public schools, so that students in a city with very little green space can work with soil and learn how food and environment connect. It starts from the gap between the WHO's recommended 9 m² of green space per capita and Phnom Penh's 1.1 m².
Citizen participation
Students and teachers build and tend the gardens while learning about nutrition, prevention of non-communicable diseases and environmental management, with the expectation that they carry what they learn back to their families and neighbourhoods. A manual was drafted so other schools can copy the model.
Operating model
Ran April 2022 – March 2024 with a budget of about USD 147,000, funded by the Smart Cities Business Innovation Fund of the US-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership and implemented by the Belgian NGO alliance Uni4Coop (Eclosio and Louvain Coopération) with the Royal University of Agriculture.
Impact
Agreements were signed with three high schools and one primary school, giving roughly 8,000 students and staff access to green space. A management manual and social-media outreach are used to spread the model to other schools in the city.
Crops
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Scale
プノンペン市内の公立高校3校と小学校1校（チャクトムック小学校、プレア・シソワット高校、ボンケントラベク高校、バクトゥク高校）に菜園を設置。対象はおよそ8,000人の生徒・教職員。
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This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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