Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Coordinators in Rice crop Research Center in Japan showed a purpose that they want to cooperate with MAFF and to test on Japanese rice seed to apply in Cambodia. Top officer of MAFF got this idea to consider.

Mr. Tosiyoki Maahara, director of SOEI CORPERATION Co, Ltd and PLANT GENOME’s spokesman told Mr. Chann Sarun, Minister of MAFF on March, 16^th that in be haft of a coordinator in PLANT GENOME center which is a Japanese Rice crop Research Center, he aimed to cooperate with Cambodia in Japanese rice seed testing in order to participate in promoting and raising up the agricultural field in Cambodia, especially rice crop. In addition, his company will cooperate with Japanese Rice crop Research Center to carry out the research and experiment of Japanese rice seed in Cambodia by utilization of Japanese money package in term of ODA Mekong- Japan in future.

MAFF’s officer told Raksmey Kampuchea that a meeting in office of ministry was welcomed warmly by minister of MAFF, especially Japanese’s focusing in agricultural field in Cambodia. The minister got a Japanese officer’s request to consider, to check the reality result for co-cooperate with specialization sectors in Cambodia. The minister also told the guests that in past time in Cambodia territory used to have Japanese rice seed testing by Vietnamese company in Arng Yang province which its result was high and were fully brought by company.

The minister also confirmed that Cambodia has rice seed researching center too which can guarantee the technical seed experiment that has laboratories in province, has agricultural development communities in base for to join this work practice.

Japanese officer expressed the pleasantness to the minister’s response and pleasure for the ministry’s invitation that want him to visit in Cambodia Development and Research Institute.