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Preface
This report is part of my MS.c degree in Horticultural Sciences at the Faculty of Life Sciences,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The idea of working with rice in Cambodia came to me early
2008 when I did an internship with the Danish NGO (Non Governmental Organization) ADDA
(Agricultural Development Denmark Asia) in Siem Reap and Banteay Mean Chey Province -
northwest Cambodia. I became very fascinated with Cambodian culture and rice production has
always been near to my heart. I therefore decided to combine Cambodia and rice systems.
Working with this report (data collection, field work, data analysis and writing) took place from the
1 st of July 2008 till the 14 th of July 2009. The first months were spent on studying and reviewing the
literature for existing data and information on my topic. I spent two months in Cambodia from the
15 th of September 2008 till the 15 th of November 2008 collecting data. In Cambodia I was assisted
and guided by CEDAC (Centre d’Étude et de Développement Agricole Cambodgien) a Cambodian
NGO collaborating with NORDECO (Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology) on SRI
farming in Prey Veng province. All data for my interviews and soil samples were collected in Prey
Veng. Throughout my time in Cambodia I was assisted and facilitated by RUPP (Royal University
of Phnom Penn) and CEDAC in data collecting and forming the project. I also spent time with the
ENLAB (Environmental Analysis Laboratory) of PNSA (Preak Leap National School of
Agriculture) who analyzed my soil analysis. I finalized all data analysis and writings at the Plant
and Soil section, Department of Agriculture and Ecology at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University
of Copenhagen.
Acknowledgements
I would like to express my gratitude to my two supervisors Associate professor Andreas de
Neergaard (Faculty of Life Sciences) and Dr. Steffen Johnson (NORDECO) for guiding, assisting
and encouraging me throughout the process. I would also like to thank my first supervisor (who left
his position at Faculty of Life Sciences for a new job in late 2008) Associate professor Henning
Høgh Jensen (National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University) for inspiring me to
work with this project and starting up the whole process.
Furthermore I would like to pay my gratitude to:
Mr. San Vibol (RUPP) for his invaluable help throughout my stay in Cambodia.
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