Japan offers support for farmers in three Tonle Sap provinces
Thursday, 19 August 2010 00:00
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The Japan International Cooperation Agency pledged US$4.4 million on yesterday to help improve the productivity and income of farmers in areas along the Tonle Sap lake in Battambang, Pursat and Kampong Chhnang provinces.
Yasujiro Suzuki, chief representative of JICA Cambodia, said at signing ceremony that the JICA-sponsored project would help the Cambodian government reach its goal of boosting rice exports to 1 million tonnes by 2015.
San Vanty, undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said that the project – which will focus on agriculture production techniques, seed quality and irrigation – would target 30 communes in Battambang province, four in Pursat and two in Kampong Chhnang.
“In the near future, agricultural productivity and income of farmers in the target areas will be improved through collaboration and implementation of this project,” he said. The project is to commence in September and last for four and a half years.
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Chinese company considers tractor factory
Monday, 07 June 2010 11:02
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Prime Minister Samdach Hun Sen suggested a Chinese company called Deep Forest Investment Limited oversee the establishment of a plant to produce water-pumping machines and tractors in Cambodia, an official said Wednesday.
The premier made the suggestion to a delegation from the company during meeting at his house near the Independence Monument, in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen’s personal assistant Eang Sophalet told that.
“Samdech Hun Sen suggested that the delegation consider whether their company could establish a factory to produce water-pumping machines and tractors for Cambodia, because these things are the demands of our Cambodian people,” he said.
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On Dry Season Farm Trial is Attractive Farmer at Chi Kraeng District
Friday, 07 May 2010 02:55
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SiemRiep provincial department of agriculture has been doing dry season field by practicing on intensification through natural principle over 100 ha which attracted by farmer in Mkak commune chikraeng district.
Agricultural officer spoke that farmers did not have habit to farm the dry season field at past time, and it was kept free after rainy reason. Through Minister’s encouragement, Agricultural department and office cooperate to make a new change by direct practice with farmers.
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No croc skin exports in 2010
Wednesday, 05 May 2010 09:54
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Crocodile skins will not be exported from Cambodia in 2010 despite a 13-year effort to encourage commercial farming, a representative from the Fisheries Administration (FiA) has said.
Nao Thuok, Directore General of FiA, announced on Sunday that Cambodia still cannot export crocodile skins into international markets because the country’s farms have not been able to fulfill industry standards.
“We are looking for companies which are capable of investing in large-scale [operations] in order to create opportunities to export crocodile skin into international markets,” he said.
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Construction begins on aquaculture centre
Wednesday, 05 May 2010 09:44
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Construction has begun on Cambodia’s first marine breeding centre, which is set to provide up to half a million young fish to the Kingdom’s farmers each year.
Ground breaking began at the US$6.6 million (624 million yen) Marine Aquaculture Development Centre in Muoy district, Preah Sihanouk province, on Monday. It is hoped the centre, which is financed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), will double fish production in the province and help alleviate poverty in the area.
When it is complete, the complex is set to include a fish hatchery, maturation building and a research facility to help breed hundreds of thousands of young shrimp, sea bass and grouper.
“We will complete the whole project in early 2012,” said Seng Solady, JICA programme officer, on Monday.
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FAO Says Food Insecurity Increase in Asia-Pacific Region
Tuesday, 27 April 2010 04:38
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The U.N food agency, known as Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday that food insecurity has increased in the Asia-Pacific region which is home to more than 60 percent of the world's over 1 billion hungry people.
"Nearly 18 percent of the region's population was undernourished in 2009, compared to 16 percent in 2006 -- the first time since the Green Revolution in the 1960s that the share of the hungry in the region has increased," it said in a statement released Monday at the first day of the five-day meeting held in Cambodia's northern town of Siem Reap.
Senior government statisticians from 17 Asia-Pacific countries and FAO experts are now gathering in Siem Reap at a regional forum to discuss ways to improve governments' access to reliable and up- to-date agricultural data to ensure effective agricultural and rural development policies and programs.
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