- General Information
The development of the agriculture sector has been an important element of the Royal Government’s strategy to reduce poverty in rural communities, achieve food security and foster equitable and sustainable economic growth. From a poverty eradication perspective, the most important policy-related objective regarding agriculture development is improvement of household food security. Contributing to the objective, improved living standards more generally, market-based farming will be enhanced, because 85 percent of the population lives in rural communities and 75 percent of the poor are farmer-headed households. This plan is carried out by the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
- Contact Details
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Department of Planning and Statistic
Address: #200, Preah Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel: (855) 23 211 351/ 211 352;
Fax:(855) 23 217 32023/ 726 440
Website: http://www.maff.gov.kh
Reference:
Agricultural Sector Strategic Development Plan 2006-2010), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Department of Planning and Statistic . Last accessed on 16 October 2012 at http://www.maff.gov.kh/pdf/ASDP_06-10.pdf
