Project title: SmartAgriCambodia: Advancing Sustainable Agriculture in Battambang
Funded by: CzechAid
Project registration number: 280625/2026-1-CRA
Total budget: 37 830 000 CZK
Implementation period: 1.1.2025 – 31.12.2027
Project coordinator: Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Project partners: Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences CZU, National University of Battambang, Lutheran Hope Cambodia Organisation, BAIDE
About the project
The aim of the project is to improve agricultural technical education and increase the efficiency of agricultural production in Battambang Province through the introduction of smart farming technologies. This objective will be achieved through the following key strategies: (i) Analysis of agricultural cooperatives and agricultural value chains, (ii) Delivery of modern agricultural technologies, (iii) Introduction of smart agricultural technologies based on scientific results, (iv) Strengthening education at various levels including university, extension officers and agricultural cooperatives, (v) Building infrastructure and improving market access and adaptation to climate change, (vi) Effective networking and communication.
Project guarantor
prof. Ing. David Herák, Ph.D.
Faculty of Engineering project team
doc. Mgr. Jitka Kumhálová, Ph.D., prof. Dr. Ing. František Kumhála, doc. Ing. Milan Kroulík, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Jiří Mašek, Ph.D., Ing. Václav Novák, Ph.D., Ing. Adam Kešner, Ph.D., doc, Ing. Petr Hrabě, Ph.D., Ing. Kristina Heráková, Ph.D., Ing. Jiří Marčan, Ing. Matěj Kohútek
Project webpage www.smartagricambodia.com