Caritas Cambodian‘s approach towards community food security and nutrition has been presented by Mr. Lay Sambath, assistant Director for Development of Caritas Cambodia in in the 49 Food Security Forum conducted by Council for Agricultural and Rural Development on July 27, 2012.

About 50 participants had been invited to join the forum and there were also several presentations from other organization on various topic regarding the food security.Main focus of food security and nutrition of Caritas is to strengthening people’s structure at the grassroots level by
1. Establishing Village Development Association (VDA)
2. Strengthening VDA and organize Federation of VDA
3. Strengthening VDA/Federation of VDA to become agricultural development cooperative of the poor and small farmers
Another main focus is capacitate communities’ leadership by
1. Engaging in nutrition food production
2. Engaging in promotion of community health environment
3. Engaging in community projects of health within agricultural development
4. Engaging in improving agricultural productiveness, and agr-business of small farmers’ cooperative
The final main focus is ownership improvement ot maintain the project of the poor:
1. Saving: to become credit for consumption loan, and for business
2. Good Heath: raise awareness to use health center services, and access to good services providing from health center
3. Household food Production: to become agro-business in cooperative
4. Agricultural Development: to establish production and selling cooperative of small farmers and the poor