Research Projects

IFReDI is conducting the following research projects, with the support of RGC, development partners and research foundations:

  • Assessing economic and welfare values of fish in the Lower Mekong Basin (Funded by ACIAR)
  • Monitoring of Dai fishery in Tonle Sap River (1995- till date)
  • Monitoring of fish larvae in Mekong and Tonle Sap River (2004- till date)
  • Monitoring of fish catch in five major rivers: Tonle Sap, Mekong in Stung Treng and Kratie, Srepok, Sesa and Sekong (2004- till date)
  • Impact of Mekong Mainstream Hydropower Dams on Food and Nutrition Security in Cambodia (March 2011 – December 2012)
  • Basic study on the aquatic fauna and flora, and conservation activities participated in by local residents (2007- till date)
  • Building a systematic monitoring strategy for the Cambodian Mekong Watershed through collaboration and consultation (2012-2014)
  • Assessing economic and welfare values of fish in the Lower Mekong Basin (2012-2015)
  • Scenario-based assessment of the potential effects of alternative dam construction schemes on freshwater fish diversity in the Lower Mekong Basin (2010-2012)
  • Development of alternatives to the use of freshwater small-sized fish for aquaculture in the Lower Mekong basin of Cambodia and Vietnam: Implications for Livelihoods, Production and Markets (2007-2012)
  • Monitoring of fish catch and stocks of dry season ponds in the Tonle Sap Lake floodplains (2011-2012)
  • Baseline surveys of poverty of Cambodian fishers (January-December 2012)
  • Impact assessment of giant freshwater prawn stock enhancement program of the Fisheries Administration (January-December 2012)
  • Census of Gillnets and Other Fishing Gear Used in the Mekong River between Kratie and the Lao PDR Border (2010-2011)
  • Fish supply and demand in the Lower Mekong basin of Cambodia (2010-2011)
  • Capacity building in aquatic animal health management in Cambodia (2009-2011)
  • Assessment of fish sanctuaries in Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia (2010-2011)