Sub-component 2.2: assists the rural value chain actors using digital technology supported by Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia’s Techno Start-up Centre (TSC) through the Khmer Agriculture Suite (KAS), It comprises of an open digital platform, a Challenge Fund, and an outreach campaign to reach the AIMS and ASPIRE target beneficiaries.
Expected Outputs of SC 2.2 Technology for agricultural value chains
| Output Type | Planned Quantity | |
| By Mid-Term | Final | |
| Number of persons trained in digital literacy and assisted to adopt existing digital technology (50% female) | 1,500 | 5,000 |
| Number of persons participating in technology adoption sub-projects (50% female) | 1,500 | 5,000 |
| KAS Core Platform developed | 1 | 1 |
| KAS Key Applications Developed | 2 | 5 |
| Users of KAS Key Applications | 5,000 | 12,500 |
| Applications supported by Challenge Fund | 3 | 10 |
| Users of Challenge Fund Applications | 12,500 | |
Priority KAS applications will be based on examples of digital technology applications for smallholders, the agriculture value chain and the rural economy, that have proved successful in other countries, or that have been tested in Cambodia and need further support to scale up, or have potential to grow through solving specific problems of the Cambodia rural economy.
