PHNOM PENH, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Unemployed factory workers can return to agriculture to guarantee better crops supply for the kingdom, national media on Tuesday quoted Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen as telling a recent meeting.
Closure of factories has led to mass unemployment, but workers can still find their livelihood in the rural areas as Cambodia is a country rooted in agriculture, Chinese-language newspaper the Sinchew Daily quoted him as saying.
"Unemployment hasn't caused very big crisis for our country," because people still have large fields to plant crops and fruit trees, he said.
If more people return to villages for plantation, Cambodia can have better crops supply, he said.
Meanwhile, Cambodia is also expecting EU, U.S., China, Japan and South Korea to revitalize their economies as soon as possible, thus becoming capable to help the kingdom develop itself, he added.
According to local reports, at least 80 garment factories have been closed in Cambodia since the global financial crisis occurred at the end of last year.
Some 19,000 people have lost their jobs in the garment sector so far and more are expected later this year, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in February.
Garment is the kingdom's foremost pillar industry. Meanwhile, Cambodia is also a major rice exporter in the region beside the Mekong River.
Closure of factories has led to mass unemployment, but workers can still find their livelihood in the rural areas as Cambodia is a country rooted in agriculture, Chinese-language newspaper the Sinchew Daily quoted him as saying.
"Unemployment hasn't caused very big crisis for our country," because people still have large fields to plant crops and fruit trees, he said.
If more people return to villages for plantation, Cambodia can have better crops supply, he said.
Meanwhile, Cambodia is also expecting EU, U.S., China, Japan and South Korea to revitalize their economies as soon as possible, thus becoming capable to help the kingdom develop itself, he added.
According to local reports, at least 80 garment factories have been closed in Cambodia since the global financial crisis occurred at the end of last year.
Some 19,000 people have lost their jobs in the garment sector so far and more are expected later this year, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in February.
Garment is the kingdom's foremost pillar industry. Meanwhile, Cambodia is also a major rice exporter in the region beside the Mekong River.
7 comments:
To catch up with more advance country, Cambodia need to set up one Rice board representing all rice farmers around the country. This board is to set a price in favour for the farmers to encourage them to produce more rice. The price of rice should set on a fixing basis between high and low so that all farmers can bring good return to their families. In overseas they have meat board ( for beef and lamb exporting. Pork Board for pig farmers. Pear and apple board. Fontera for milk powder. Orange Board. Kiwifruit Board etc. and etc... These Boards businesses are big business with billions of dollars in sale each year. Areak Prey
This mean PM approval to cut more tree to make field for planation of rice,rubber,bean,corn, etc.
We need help instead of saying and walk away Mr.PM.
Well, you can't be one of the world leader in exporting agriculture goods unless you have a lot of lands to work with.
He is smart guy ! concider he has one eye and PhD but can not read nor write!
He is smart guy ! concider he has one eye and PhD but can not read nor write!
HANOI FORMULA: BANANA TREE+ EGGPLANTS
Well, with all those money come from the middle east that might not be bad move. Beside think about babana tree that could give you babana in a litlle time as four months, that might not be bad either. Can you eat banana? fresh or chip, sure! and think about 1.3 billions people in China that can consume them and we can export this products. Not everybody needs rubber or fancy clothing. Sell babana instead and sell them cheap and sell them by tons. Also to the middle east. Make Cambodia the greenest land in Asia for a change.
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