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Phnom Penh - The UN launched an updated, online food security map Friday, In anticipation of the impact of climate change and rising oil prices on impoverished Cambodians. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said the Food Security Atlas would help "identifying areas of vulnerability and showing where improvement has taken place and where more intervention is needed."
"It illustrates the fact that food security goes far beyond sufficient food production, but is affected by poverty, maternal health, access to clean water and health services, as well as shocks such as natural disasters and other socio-economic vulnerability," WFP Cambodian Country Director Thomas Keusters said.
The agency said that despite Cambodia's "impressive economic and food security achievements in the recent past", some regions and social groups remained at serious risk of malnutrition.
WFP describes itself as the world's largest humanitarian agency, providing food to an average of 90 million people per year, including 61 million children, in at least 80 countries.
Many Cambodians still live on less than 1 dollar a day.
"It illustrates the fact that food security goes far beyond sufficient food production, but is affected by poverty, maternal health, access to clean water and health services, as well as shocks such as natural disasters and other socio-economic vulnerability," WFP Cambodian Country Director Thomas Keusters said.
The agency said that despite Cambodia's "impressive economic and food security achievements in the recent past", some regions and social groups remained at serious risk of malnutrition.
WFP describes itself as the world's largest humanitarian agency, providing food to an average of 90 million people per year, including 61 million children, in at least 80 countries.
Many Cambodians still live on less than 1 dollar a day.
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Quite correct5:14 Pm, These organisations need to work together with the king, where there are obligations of him to implement our national constitution. As constitution was prepared and agreed by UN and countries involved in1991, those countries have the obgligation to get cambodia achieved goal intended.
Sufferings of his people,is suffering of the king!!!!!.
The Khmer King must show more ability for khmer people and the only hope of Cambodian depend lastly on the KING, when the Govt. failed.
The powerty of Cambodia exist since angkorian time or older. it has never solved. so, if we look at this issue as a topic to attack government, it is not a strong weapon.
Look at secuiry, growth, human right!
The king is rubbish, don't count. he would let American to win over VN and we can get our land back, but he was stupid to help VN and after war VN ironically snap our neck.
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