Kingdom of Cambodia Country Strategic Opportunities Programme 2022-2027

The country strategic opportunities programme (COSOP) for the period 2022–2027 supports the Kingdom of Cambodia’s post-COVID recovery strategy and Agriculture Development Policy, targeting inclusive agricultural growth based on priority export and domestic value chains.

The strategic objectives are:

1. productive capacity of 250,000 poor Cambodian rural households increased, including measures to raise productivity in farming and employment;
2. 250,000 poor Cambodian rural households increase their incomes through participation in remunerative agricultural value chains, to be achieved primarily through interventions to assist smallholders to form producer organizations linked to strengthened pro-poor value chains;
3. strengthen the environmental sustainability and climate resilience of poor rural people’s economic activities.

The COSOP will target 250,000 rural households corresponding to 1,250,000 people (about 20 per cent of the total target group). Of these, 50 per cent will be women, 20 per cent will be youth and 1.5 per cent will be members of indigenous communities. The roles of women, youth and indigenous peoples in the agriculture workforce will be taken into account in project design to ensure these targets are met.