Kick-off Meeting and Farmer Water Users Community Workshop Held in Pursat Province

On July 31, a kick-off meeting and Farmer Water Users Community (FWUC) workshop were held in Pursat Province, Cambodia, for the SATREPS project, which began in April this year, aiming to reduce methane emissions from paddy rice fields.

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