Monday, August 11, 2008

Cambodia set to build more dams

Monday, August 11, 2008
ABC Radio Australia

Cambodia will spend roughly 400 million US dollars later this year to begin construction of new dams in a bid to improve the country's irrigation system and boost rice exports.

The Mekong Times quotes Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor as saying that irrigation will eventually cover one million hectares of paddies throughout the country.

He says the first construction steps have started and the government hopes irrigation will reach nearly 60 percent of the entire country's rice fields, currently only 44 percent are irrigated.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good Idea. Agriculture industry will boost your country more stable devolopment. Food price is increasing every day now. Most of family profit have to spend for food. Wish your country more development.

Roperto- France

Anonymous said...

Completely agree.

Cambodia need to catch up the rest of the world.

Anonymous said...

May God bless Cambodia, the hapless nation.

Anonymous said...

Khmer should learn how to build and maintain dams from the Chinese while working with them.