Solving the Farm Labor Shortage with Automation

The demographic shift in Cambodia is undeniable. Rural youth are migrating to urban centers like Phnom Penh, leaving an aging population to manage family farms.

The Impact on Irrigation

Irrigation is traditionally labor-intensive, often requiring someone to walk kilometers to turn on a pump, wait for hours while it runs, and then walk back to turn it off. Finding workers willing to do this consistently is difficult.

Automation as a Force Multiplier

Smart irrigation controllers like ChalatFarm allow one farm manager to control dozens of pumps across different locations from their smartphone. It doesn't replace the farmer; it allows an older farmer to manage more land with less physical effort, or a single farm manager to oversee larger commercial operations efficiently.