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Cambodia PM urges rapid deployment of 1,000 agricultural officers to boost farming

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Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet encouraged the acceleration of deploying agricultural technical officers across the provinces and has approved the recruitment of an additional 1,000 officers. This initiative aims to enhance the dissemination and training of agricultural techniques for farmers nationwide, especially in the four northeastern provinces.

He made this statement on Thursday on the occasion of the 1st Anniversary of the Royal Government of the 7th Legislature of the National Assembly of Cambodia.

The Prime Minister underlined that the government has already recruited 250 agricultural technical officers, who have been deployed to 250 communes in 89 districts and 17 provinces, providing agricultural training to nearly 120,000 families.

Mr Hun Manet underscored, “I have agreed to increase the recruitment to 1,000 technical officers, up from the original plan of 800. This expansion is designed to speed up the deployment of officers in the provinces, particularly in all communes of Stung Treng, Kratie, Mondulkiri, and Ratanakkiri, to enhance agricultural development in the northeastern region.”

Additionally, the Royal Government has launched eight modern agricultural communities in Siem Reap, Takeo, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Thom, and Kandal provinces to assist farmers in adopting new methods to boost crop production and revenue.

It should be noted that the 250 selected officers were deployed in 17 provinces known for rice production at the beginning of this year to enhance farming practices and support farmers in Cambodia. Fresh News

Cambodia and Uruguay have discussed cooperation in the agriculture sector between the two countries, especially in research and development.

The discussion took place between Dith Tina, Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, and Valeria Csukasi Cabrera, Ambassador of the Republic of Uruguay to Cambodia, at the ministry’s office in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.

Tina briefed his guest on Cambodia’s policy related to agriculture and reaffirmed that the Kingdom is open to all investors to boost Cambodian agricultural exports to international markets.

The Minister encouraged a focus on agribusiness, mentioning many Cambodian products such as fruit and fishery that are of good quality and profitable.

He also stressed the importance of research and development, in which the two countries can cooperate in terms of experience and techniques sharing to develop agriculture and increase profitability and economic efficiency. Ref: Khmer Times


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