Sory Channath, a 37-year-old young farmer from Tomnum Thmey Village, Chheap Commune, Toeuk Phos District, Kampong Chhnang Province, Cambodia, has built a career in hatching chicken eggs and supplying chicks to his community. He manages a 3-hectare farm, where he grows paddy rice on 2 hectares, raises poultry on 0.5 hectares, cultivates vegetables on 0.37 hectares, and uses the remaining land for fish farming. Among his various farming activities, he now focuses primarily on hen raising for egg incubation. These eggs are hatched and the chicks are supplied to villagers and cooperative members.

Channath’s journey began in 2018 with 30 native fattening chickens, using conventional techniques. However, he faced significant setbacks due to disease outbreaks in both 2018 and 2020. Despite these challenges, he remained determined and continued to pursue his poultry business. In 2021, he was invited to join a Training of Trainers program on chicken raising conducted by the Farmer and Nature Net Association (FNN), a member of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA). Through his hard work and dedication, Channath now earns a stable income to support his family and actively contributes to his cooperative and community’s development efforts.

Channath was one of the young farmer delegates who participated in the First Asia-Pacific Young Farmers Camp and Agrilympics held in August 2024 in Laguna, Philippines.

Read the full story of Channath in the AFA website. AFA is one of the steering committee members of ComDev Asia.