Written by DAP NEWS -- Thursday, 29 October 2009
(Posted by CAAI News Media)
A seminar on Food Security Supporting Program (FSSP) in Phnom Penh was held on Wednesday at the Cambodiana Hotel supported by European Union (EU) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organizat- ion (FAO), an FAO official reported.
Cambodia has been developing both financing and agriculture, but around 20 percent of Cambodian citizens remain desperately poor and at risk.
Deputy Secretary of State for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Kith Seng stated during the seminar that “Although, Cambodian was strong in agriculture … in 2008, we harvested about 3 million of tons of rice to export overseas, but it was not enough.”
In the whole country is concerned by food insecurity, and the EU and FAO are cooperating with MAFF to address the problem. When goods prices go up, Cam bodians’ problems multiply, experts said. During the seminar, an FAO representative said that the project depends on the Cambodian Govern-ment’s cooperation with society institutions and rural communities.
The project aims to boost farming outputs and to ensure food insecurity for the poor, including a healthy diet and enough nutrition.
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