Deltaic Food Systems: A critical juncture for rural food vendors in Cambodia

From
WorldFish
Published on
22.08.23
Impact Area
Biodiversity, Climate adaptation & mitigation, Environmental health, Environmental health & biodiversity, Food security, Health, Nutrition, Nutrition, health & food security, Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Enumerators interviewing a mobile vendor who travels from Vietnam to Cambodia every day to sell vegetables in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo by Shreya Chitnavis, WorldFish.

Home to 177 million people – 36 percent of them poor and vulnerable – the Asian mega-deltas of Mekong, Ayeyarwady and Ganges-Brahmaputra are biodiverse, fertile, and productive food baskets that support millions within and beyond the deltas. With the potential to improve the sustainability of local food systems, they ensure the food, nutrition, and livelihood security for millions of others beyond the delta residents themselves.