Oxfam and the National University of Management (NUM) in Cambodia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in mid-November to collaborate on the development of a traceability system for small-scale producers in Cambodia. The partnership aims to utilize NUM’s Faculty of Digital Economy’s Blockchain based Web3 application called SrokYeung to create a traceability project in the agriculture value chain in Cambodia.

SrokYeung is a Web3-based agritourism solution aiming to connect tourists with farmers, promote local tourism spots, find markets for farmers, and protect original local products.

This partnership will provide opportunities to professors, young students at The College of Digital Economics to continue working together, study, research and apply innovative technologies to create data system software to help address the challenges in the supply chain, agricultural products and aquaculture. The development of these applications will enable key actors in the supply chain to be able to provide, access and find transparent and confident information to continue to install Improving their business and increasing business together.

The SrokYeung application will try to use its Blockchain technology for traceability in the organic rice supply chain by leveraging the learning from the implementation of Blockchain for Livelihoods project called “BlocRice”, enhancing traceability and promoting local products, including organic rice.

The MOU between Oxfam Cambodia and the National University of Management serves as a framework for collaboration to develop, prototype, and scale up the traceability system/application for Cambodian small-scale producers. It enables the sharing of expertise and resources to maximize the learning from Oxfam’s previous projects and supports the development of innovative solutions like the SrokYeung to benefit local producers in the agriculture value chains. Finally, it also supports a new generation of young people in Cambodia who are passionate about the new digital economy in relation to providing solutions  around poverty and inequality.