Strenghtening Rural Communities Hit by COVID-19 in Cambodia - GCP/CMB/047/SWI

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on the livelihoods of poor and near-poor households in rural communities in Cambodia as a result of disruptions in economic activities and lost employment opportunities. Rural women and girls have been disproportionately affected both in their productive roles -as producers, processors and traders -and in their reproductive role and care functions, owing to their limited access to productive resources, services and information. The aim of the project was thus to restore livelihoods and enhance the resilience of the vulnerable populations most affected by COVID-19 in BanteayMeancheyand SiemReap provinces through inclusive COVID-19 recovery interventions, with an emphasis on fostering a more nutrition-sensitive, climate-resilient and food-safety agriculture.