On June 3 and 4, 2025, the 5^th Farmers Workshop was held in the Damnak Ampil in Pusrat Province. This workshop was attended by 33 participants, including local farmers, representative from Pursat Provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology (PDWRAM), Pursat Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (PDAFF),　District Office in Bakan District, Commune Leader, Village chiefs, Royal University of Agriculture(RUA), Japanese researchers and project members. The purpose of this workshop was to draft the statutes of Farmers Water Users Community Sub-Group (FWUSG). In Cambodia, the establishment and operation of Farmers Water Users Community (FWUC) are managed by Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM), which defines the standard form for the statutes of FWUC. Officer of PDWRAM facilitated the proceedings, explaining each of the 40 articles of the statutes one by one and obtaining participants’ consent before making decisions. A few articles were skipped due to the need for additional information and will be discussed at the next workshop.

We will go on moving forward with this project through building consensus with local farmers and obtaining cooperation from local authorities.