Digital agriculture technologies (DAT) are digital tools and technologies used in agriculture to increase production, market, sustainability, and efficiency. Agriculture is a cornerstone of the Cambodian economy, along with garment production, construction, and tourism. Despite the sector’s importance, agriculture faces key challenges like low productivity, inefficiency, and vulnerability to climate change. Despite enhanced DAT innovation support, analysis shows Cambodia still faces hurdles to macro-environmental growth. This report evaluates Cambodia’s digital agriculture landscape, to identify how it can be mainstreamed. It uses stakeholder insights to assess key value chain players, their struggles, and the potential of technology adoption to overcome these hurdles. This assessment aids in identifying and prioritizing important technologies, thus helping investors maximize their impact by focusing on high-potential opportunities. Once these enabling factors are understood, digital agriculture in Cambodia can be mainstreamed and grow.
Authors
- Citation
- “ World Bank . 2024 . Ecosystem Assessment for Harnessing Digital Agriculture Technologies in Cambodia . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41989 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
- Collection(s)
- Other Agriculture Study
- Identifier externaldocumentum
- 34363161
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34363161
- Pages
- 85
- Published in
- United States of America
- Region country
- Cambodia
- Report
- 192502
- Rights
- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- Agriculture and Food PG EAP (SEAAG)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41989
- date disclosure
- 2024-08-01
- region administrative
- East Asia and Pacific
- theme
- Rural Markets,Mitigation,Job Creation,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Rural Development,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Private Sector Development,Rural Infrastructure and service delivery,Urban Planning,Land Administration and Management,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Jobs,Adaptation,Urban Development
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Table of Contents
- 1 Disclaimer 2
- 2 Acknowledgments 2
- 3 2
- 4 Table of Contents 3
- 5 List of Figures 4
- 6 List of Tables 4
- 7 List of Abbreviations and Acronyms 5
- 8 Executive Summary 6
- 9 Chapter 1: Introduction 17
- 1.1 Overview of the Agricultural Sector 17
- 1.2 Overview of the ICT Sector’s Performance 22
- 1.3 Government Policies and Strategies Toward Digital Technology 23
- 1.4 Opportunities and Challenges in the Agricultural Sector 25
- 1.4.1 Opportunities 25
- 1.4.2 Challenges 26
- 2 Chapter 2: DAT Assessment 30
- 2.1 The Digital Technology Landscape: Mapping Key Actors and DAT Development 30
- 2.1.1 The digital technology landscape 30
- 2.1.2 Mapping key actors 33
- 2.1.3 DAT development 37
- 2.1.4 Policies, technologies, and human capital readiness in DAT 40
- 2.2 Ecosystem Analysis 43
- 2.2.1 Entrepreneurial culture: Average score of 3.5 45
- 2.2.2 Density: Average score of 2.9 46
- 2.2.3 Finance: Average score of 3.5 46
- 2.2.4 Human capital: Average score of 2.13 47
- 2.2.5 Infrastructure: Average score of 2.8 48
- 2.2.6 Regulatory environment: Average score of 2.65. 48
- 3 49
- 4 Chapter 3: Digital Products and Services in Cambodia 50
- 3.1 Access to Services 50
- 3.2 Access to Markets 57
- 3.3 Access to Assets 61
- 4 62
- 5 Chapter 4: Selected DAT Applications and Solutions in Cambodia 63
- 4.1 Agri-Tech Solutions and Models 63
- 4.2 Three Agri-Tech DAT Solutions with Scale-Up Potential 64
- 4.2.1 Climate-smart solutions 64
- 4.2.2 Market linkages, online agri-marketplaces and agri-tech platforms 65
- 4.2.3 E-extension services to improve farming productivity and management 67
- 5 Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendations 69
- 5.1 Conclusion 69
- 5.2 Recommendations 69
- 6 71
- 2 References 72
- 7 Annex A. Approaches and Methodologies 75
- 3 Data Collection 75
- 4 Data Analysis 78
- 5 Limitations, Risks, and Mitigation Strategies 80
- 8 80
- 9 Annex B. Guiding Questions 81
- 6 Interview Questionnaires 81
