Permaculture Protes Kampuchea (pt 3/4)

Third part of documentary following itinerant permaculture designer Rico Zook and local Khmer permaculturist Hoeuy Han on a journey across Cambodia.

In Svay Rieng province, Rico and Han join Japanese NGO International Volunteers of Yamagata (IVY) in helping local farmers to integrate permaculture methods onto their land.
Filmed across Cambodia between December 2010 and February 2011, this is permaculture education and regenerative design in action.

There is a multi-functional design element to this video : The film is presented here on PermaScience channel in 4 parts, with each part also serving as educational/promotional tool for the featured NGOs.
The full 31 minute version of Permaculture Protes Kampuchea can be seen on AstralJester's channel here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKcQurZU3HY

You can find out more about the work of IVY, the NGO featured in this part, by visiting their website :
International Volunteer center of Yamagata : http://www.ivyivy.org/e/

For more information about the work of Rico Zook and Hoeuy Han, please visit Rico's website : http://www.ricoclime.com

For more information about the permaculture movement around the world please visit : http://www.permacultureplanet.com/

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• permaculture
• Cambodia
• Kampuchea
• Khmer
• Rico Zook
• Hoeuy Han
• Svay Rieng
• NGO
• IVY
• farming
• farmer
• farm
• agriculture
• gardening
• soil
• trees
• grey water
• bamboo
• design
• management
• integrated
• water
• 2011
• education

[Quranite]

Also I suggest growing sugar cane for biomass and animal bedding. You can press the cane and save some boiled down cane juice to culture some lactobacillus and bacteria found in leaves breaking down. Culture the pressed cane and use it as bedding for a temp goat/sheep/ pen over that rice paddock. When it's time to plant the land will be full of partially broken down manure and partially broken down biomass from the cane.

[Quranite]

Here's a question, why are you making them chop up that rice straw? Why not have some sheep or goats eat it, pen them in there for a while and let them fertilize it and then prepare it for rice again. What you are doing seems like a waste to me.