An Assessment of Women Agricultural Cooperatives in Western Provinces of Cambodia
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The Cooperation for Women’s Economic Development Project phase II (CWED II) is focused on improving business capacity of women in running the Women Agricultural Cooperatives (WACs) and enabling business environment for supporting sustainability of 17 WACs which have been supported by LWD in CWED I. This assessment aims to assess the status of 17 women agricultural cooperatives supported by the CWED II project which included management process, decision making and member participation, capacity of WAC leaders in operational management, financial management system, business performance and challenges faced by the WACs. Qualitative method was used to conduct the assessment. The data were collected from focus group interview (FGI) involved by 95 BoD and SC members (50 females) of the WACs and in-depth interview with 4 representatives of Office of Agricultural Cooperative Development of PDAFF in the 4 selected provinces. In addition, secondary data were collected and added to the assessment results. The result of assessment showed that the BoD and SC members of the studied WACs have limited capacity in terms of operational and business management of the WAC businesses. Even though the BoD and SC members have ownership and independent in financial decision making and management of WAC activities, the performance of agricultural input supply and loan and saving businesses, which is the core business of all WACs, are still in weak position. Based on the assessment result, the study proposed follow recommendation to improve the operational performance of the WACs. Technical assistance to management committees, financial literacy training, capacity of management committees in loan and savings program, and technical training on business management should be provided to WAC management committees.
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The Cooperation for Women’s Economic Development Project phase II (CWED II) is focused on improving business capacity of women in running the Women Agricultural Cooperatives (WACs) and enabling business environment for supporting sustainability of 17 WACs which have been supported by LWD in CWED I. This assessment aims to assess the status of 17 women agricultural cooperatives supported by the CWED II project which included management process, decision making and member participation, capacity of WAC leaders in operational management, financial management system, business performance and challenges faced by the WACs. Qualitative method was used to conduct the assessment. The data were collected from focus group interview (FGI) involved by 95 BoD and SC members (50 females) of the WACs and in-depth interview with 4 representatives of Office of Agricultural Cooperative Development of PDAFF in the 4 selected provinces. In addition, secondary data were collected and added to the assessment results. The result of assessment showed that the BoD and SC members of the studied WACs have limited capacity in terms of operational and business management of the WAC businesses. Even though the BoD and SC members have ownership and independent in financial decision making and management of WAC activities, the performance of agricultural input supply and loan and saving businesses, which is the core business of all WACs, are still in weak position. Based on the assessment result, the study proposed follow recommendation to improve the operational performance of the WACs. Technical assistance to management committees, financial literacy training, capacity of management committees in loan and savings program, and technical training on business management should be provided to WAC management committees.
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