cedac encourages farmers to come together to form cooperatives. the aim is to encourage cooperation to further the prosperity in rural communities. he shows us one of the benefits of the farmers cooperative. this road runs through the center of the village. last year members of the cooperative pooled funds to have the road improved. it's frequently used to access the main local road. the road would often become saturated and a journey that would normally take 15 minutes by motorcycle would end upta taking nearly an hour. uneven sections were covered up with soil and pressed. >> we all want to continue to work together in the future to build the various things that we are going to need to run our village in the best way possible. things are still far from perfect and there's much left to do, so we must keep on trying. we also want to improve the water canals in the ponds in addition to the roads. >> koma arrives at the village. it's his first time to meet the villagers in a long time. the farmers here today are those who have had particular success