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| A Cambodian man carries rice at a paddy rice farm in Bekpeang village in Cambodia. (Photo: AP) |
USAID has awarded a five-year, multi-million dollar contract, designed to improve Cambodia's food security.
01-20-2011
VOA News
Improved land and other resources management will conserve and maintain the economic value of Cambodia's sensitive ecosystems.
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, has awarded a five-year, multi-million dollar contract, designed to improve Cambodia's food security through enhanced agricultural development and better management of natural resources. The five-year contract was awarded to Fintrac, Incorporated, a highly-respected U.S.-based agribusiness consulting firm that develops agricultural solutions to end hunger and poverty.
This award will serve as U.S. Government's flagship food security activity in Cambodia. "Helping Address Rural Vulnerabilities and Ecosystems Stability", or "HARVEST", the Project, will work with public, private and civil society to strengthen food security by increasing agricultural productivity; raising the incomes of the rural poor; preparing the country to adapt to climate change; and reducing the number of Cambodians, especially women and children, suffering from malnutrition.
HARVEST is supported by several U.S. Presidential Initiatives, including Feed the Future; the U.S. Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative; the Global Health Initiative; and the Global Climate Change Initiative. These are all key components of the U.S. Global Development Policy announced by President Barack Obama. Cambodia is one of 20 priority countries receiving Feed the Future support.
The U.S. Government Feed the Future investments will address key determinants of food security including investments in agricultural productivity, agribusiness and market development, and equitable distribution of and control over productive resources; a multifaceted approach to nutrition; and a long term perspective to foster permanent solutions to chronic food insecurity.
Investments will build on existing success, U.S. and Cambodian expertise and strengths, and be concentrated in strategic areas based on U.S. and Cambodian comparative advantage. They will be designed in close coordination with the Royal Government of Cambodia, with local stakeholders and with other development partners in order to maximize the collective impact on sustainably reducing hunger and poverty.
A "focus on food" approach to rural income diversification and value-chain strengthening will help the Cambodian agricultural sector to become a major contributor to stable and sustainable economic growth for Cambodia and the region. Improved land and other resources management will conserve and maintain the economic value of Cambodia's sensitive ecosystems and rich biodiversity as well as reduce the vulnerability of agriculture and rural communities to climate change. Permanently reducing hunger and maintaining sustainable use of natural or communal resources are the central goals of HARVEST.
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5:07PM! how hight of education do you need?
Anyway people of more information like to grag about what they know more!
That how the word go around for million of years!
the combination of old and new way are powefull, boy!
Sounds good as a rethoric but the end goal is food control; using food as a tool to bring death to help eliminate world over population.
My guess is; they will introduce GM rice. Europeans had refused GM foods from U.S because of health hazard.
Starvation was a tool used after Pol Pot was oust to eliminated more of those that survived during Pol Pot.
If you been in tune with the current food shortage news you should take measure precaution to stock up what you can. American is not invincible! There's report of animal deaths by the hundreds.
Since environmental warfare is made possible using the HARRP system, food supplies are being destroyed in areas where foods are grown.
why U-S Government to spending a lot millions dollars to help Cambodia, if U-S spending trillions dollars to help Cambodian Government and it peoples still not growing, because my Cambodians peoples after year 1975 more worse than Vampire, for an example, if I am report the U-S president to Cambodians Vampire cruel Police by pay bribe, they'll arrest him without do any investigating, what the Cambodians at the movement, I am Cambodian born and still scare the Cambodians peoples after year 1975 to presenting. I hope U-S agency and Government need help Cambodian should be send someone to Study about the Cambodia first, don't waste your money for nothing.
actually, education should teach people to be humble and low-profile like think before you act, etc, not the other way around like boasting, narcissistic, egotistic view, etc, you know! so do stay in school and finish a college degree, ok! pick a concentration and study that, ok! something that interest you, that is! don't waste time; time is precious and valuable, really! do something to make a difference in your community, country, people, etc, ok! or you are nothing, nothing like dirt, ok! it's not the job for everybody, so choose wisely, but be willing to change job if you have too, in case you get bored with it or it is too much pressure for you to handle, etc, ok! that's all!
1:23AM! Education should teach you not to use to mutch OK! OK! Ok! OK!
Do you ever study the mordern propaganda and advertisement?
YOU should be loud and brave to show the trueself!!!!!
Tooooo Old school you went to!!! HANOI????? may be!
1:23AM! Education should teach you not to use to mutch OK! OK! Ok! OK!
Do you ever study the mordern propaganda and advertisement courses?
"YOU should be loud and brave to show the trueself!!!!!"
Tooooo Old school you went to!!! HANOI????? may be!
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