By Heng Reaksmey, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Phnom Penh
04 April 2008
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday told officials at the Ministry of Agriculture that growth in their traditional sector was the key to raising millions of Cambodians out of poverty.
"Agricultural development is a main point to reduce poverty in Cambodia, and I expect this year Cambodia will have only 30 percent under the poverty line," Hun Sen said, speaking at a closing ceremony of an annual agricultural conference in Phnom Penh.
Ministry officials and economists said Friday the sector was important for poverty reduction.
The government should work to promote agriculture to improve Cambodia's economy, one economist said, but it should not rely completely on one sector.
In 2007 economic earnings from rice paddy grew 50.8 percent and for other crops between 4 percent and 8 percent, Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun said Friday.
But while agriculture has the potential to reduce Cambodian poverty, said Kang Chandararath, an economist and director of the Cambodia Institute of Development Studies, the government must ensure enough land for people to grow crops.
"Agricultural development is a main point to reduce poverty in Cambodia, and I expect this year Cambodia will have only 30 percent under the poverty line," Hun Sen said, speaking at a closing ceremony of an annual agricultural conference in Phnom Penh.
Ministry officials and economists said Friday the sector was important for poverty reduction.
The government should work to promote agriculture to improve Cambodia's economy, one economist said, but it should not rely completely on one sector.
In 2007 economic earnings from rice paddy grew 50.8 percent and for other crops between 4 percent and 8 percent, Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun said Friday.
But while agriculture has the potential to reduce Cambodian poverty, said Kang Chandararath, an economist and director of the Cambodia Institute of Development Studies, the government must ensure enough land for people to grow crops.
10 comments:
Many years have lost before they realize how the importance of rural development. They are the people of majority. If they stay poor, the whole country stay poor.
They didn't forget. It is just that you can only do one thing at the time. Virtually all countries on the planet does the same way. Just look at China, their rural still need a lot of work just like ours, Lao, and Vietnam ...
What the f... are you talking about mr. PHD , How do you promote agriculture?
While the price of rice is rise up you stoping the expert and increase the import? What? Do you want famer making for free and you family get all the money?
Let the price of the grop up and give more land to farmers than start open your mouth again stupid stinky PHD with no education from Hanoi!
Hun Xen don't just say but do it and to help agriculture if let the price and salry of the poor increase and cut more tax from the rich and fight the corruption!
That all start to stop your family Telakhmere of not paying tax!
Get lucrative business back from ah youn Vietnamese Sokimex!
May be better killed youeself!
Hun Sen doesn't lied. He's not like G W Bush who lied about Iraq.
he 's worse than G W Bush /He will blend khmer country become veit cong in the year 2015
Yeah, but that is what you been saying for decade after decade, but nothing ever happened. Just watch when 2015 arrive; then you will say it will happened in 2023, ... Thus, your theory is seriously wrong. Don't you see that?
What's your agenda Ah Kwack? Pay the interest rates plus the money that you distorted from the poor? A stupid man who decided to raised $6 dollar wage in the midst of an elections to win their vote.
No, the agenda is to send you back to your Vietcong's shit pit in south Vietnam.
Hey you Viet pimp/parasite @1:08PM,
You have become very predictable with your style and classic act of pimping and being a parasite. KI-media readers can spot you at just the blink of an eye.
Quit pretending to be Cambodian/Khmer speaking out and up for Cambodian/Khmer people. Pack up and leave KI-media and Cambodia now.
After all you viet pimp/parasite @1:08 PM is the one that incriminates yourself here on KI-Media.
Don't make a bad name for Cambodian/Khmer and most of all don't make a bad name for the rest of your kind, the Viet pimp/parasite/plunderer okay?
Go home Viet, go home!
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