Phichong OU has a Master’s degree in Global Studies and International Trade
in Agriculture Commodities from Germany and Poland. She has 19 years of
experience in: project design, planning, management, monitoring and evaluation;
conducting assessments in the areas of food security, international trade in
agriculture, global value chain analysis, market analysis, training need
assessment, business development, community organizations and socio-economic
research in agriculture (rice, horticulture, fish), and land rights. Phichong
has gained extensive knowledge, and sharpened her existing knowledge, through a
range of projects funded by donors such as USAID, the EU, AusAID. Phichong has
worked closely with local and international agriculture research institutes
(ACIAR, IFPRI, IRRI, CARDI, and various universities) international organizations
(IDE, ADDA, Plan International, etc.) and other related partners such as
Ministries, provincial departments and local partner NGOs. Phichong has been working for WorldFish under
RFF II funded by USAID since September 2016.