PHNOM PENH, Feb 10 (VNA) – The European Union (EU) and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have announced a combined assistance of 7.75 million USD to back up the rural economy in Cambodia this year.
Cambodian Secretary of State for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Chan Tong Yves on Feb. 7 said his ministry has received a non-refundable aid of 2.25 million USD from FAO.
The fund was aimed at promoting the agricultural production for food security ensurance and increasing rice output for exports, he added.
Meanwhile, Rafael Dochao Moreno, EU representative in Cambodia, announced on Feb. 6 that the EU will provide 5.5 million USD to Cambodia to help develop economic activities at local levels in order to speed up the poverty reduction and hunger elimination programme.
The aid will be focused on community development, health and education projects.
The rate of poverty-stricken households in Cambodia remains high, at 31 percent and donors believe that boosting farm produce exports will be one of the solutions to bring the rate down.
In recent years, Cambodia’s farm produce exports have experienced stable growth. In 2008, it exported 3 million tonnes of rice, a rise of 0.8 million tonnes as compared to 2007.
Cambodian Secretary of State for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Chan Tong Yves on Feb. 7 said his ministry has received a non-refundable aid of 2.25 million USD from FAO.
The fund was aimed at promoting the agricultural production for food security ensurance and increasing rice output for exports, he added.
Meanwhile, Rafael Dochao Moreno, EU representative in Cambodia, announced on Feb. 6 that the EU will provide 5.5 million USD to Cambodia to help develop economic activities at local levels in order to speed up the poverty reduction and hunger elimination programme.
The aid will be focused on community development, health and education projects.
The rate of poverty-stricken households in Cambodia remains high, at 31 percent and donors believe that boosting farm produce exports will be one of the solutions to bring the rate down.
In recent years, Cambodia’s farm produce exports have experienced stable growth. In 2008, it exported 3 million tonnes of rice, a rise of 0.8 million tonnes as compared to 2007.
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Cambodia Government and private sectors should pay great effort to biogas development in rural areas because biogas can provide a clean, easily controlled source of renewable energy from organic waste materials for a small labor input, replacing firewood or fossil fuels, which are becoming more expensive as supply falls behind demand. Bio-gas is a form of energy produced when organic materials such as human waste and animal excrement or products that are left over from agriculture are fermented easily and at low cost.
http://www.appropedia.org/Home_biogas_system
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/114-5/innovations.html
http://www.viacorp.com/bio-gas.html
http://www.ecop.ucl.ac.be/aebiom/articles/biogas/biogas.htm
http://www.auroville.org/research/ren_energy/biogas.htm
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theBiogasEconomyArrives.php
Please hide this topic, KI. Don't let Ah Scam Rainxy see it. Otherwise, the money will never reached those needy farmers.
How many pennies these monies will reach the countryside people ???
Most of these monies will help CPP to publicize their politic party !
Things will always happen like that !
Monies from UN for the development will help CPP to make the publicity of the their own party !
UNDP know that !
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