FAO’s internship: a plunge into food systems!
11/08/2021
Given the time of the pandemic, I was apprehensive to apply when I initially saw the announcement of an internship position with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
Transformation of our food systems is possible with conservation agriculture and sustainable intensification (CASI)
30/06/2021
The world is in the midst of combined challenges and threats. Climate change, forest depletion, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and widespread pollution by fertilizers and pesticides threatening the environment, biodiversity,...
Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow: Priorities of FAO to improve food safety in Cambodia
11/06/2021
The World Food Safety Day is celebrated on 7 June annually, jointly led and facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health...
Latest studies show challenges and solutions to unlock market potentials of key commodities in Cambodia
17/05/2021
While Cambodia have prioritized six commodities for domestic market and export, in-depth studies of these value chains needed to be conducted to have a better understanding of market opportunities, supply...
Internship Programme Opportunities with FAO Representation in Cambodia
30/04/2021
The FAO Representation of Cambodia welcomes talented students and recent graduates to join FAO Cambodia to fight against hunger, SDG2. The Internship Programme will provide the opportunity to supplement your...
A new development policy is in place for agriculture: Strong prospects for the sector in the next 10 years
29/03/2021
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) through the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is formulating a new Agriculture Development Policy (ADP), 2021-2030, with technical support from the Food...
Press Release: Programme to improve agricultural and rural statistics launched in Cambodia - grants provided for the best proposals
10/03/2021
The National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of the Ministry of Planning and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) released the Cambodia Inter-censal Agricultural Survey (CIAS) 2019 report earlier...
Livelihood-recovery project directly supporting Cambodia’s most vulnerable and those impacted by COVID-19 to launch tomorrow
15/02/2021
Phnom Penh, 15 February 2021 – The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will sign a project agreement...
JOINT PRESS RELEASE: Release of the Report of the Cambodia Inter-censal Agriculture Survey 2019
05/02/2021
Phnom Penh, 5 February 2021 – On the 9th of February 2021, the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of the Ministry of Planning (MoP), in partnership with the Ministry of...
Press Release: Coastal fishing communities to benefits from a GEF’s project to improve livelihood and marine ecosystem
24/01/2021
On 22 January 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) along with the Ministry of Environment, which...
Centering the integrated landscape approach on resilience for sustainable watershed management and food security of rural communities
23/12/2020
Strengthening the adaptive capacity and resilience of rural communities using a micro-watershed approach to climate change and variability to attain sustainable food security in Cambodia, or in short the “Life...
Workshop to validate a GEF’s funded project to improve livelihood of rice-based communities in Cambodia
09/12/2020
Phnom Penh – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the General...
Cambodian farmers to benefit from weather, pests and diseases advisories
02/12/2020
Phnom Penh – How to better plan crop production against weather, pest and diseases? The Department of Plant Protection, Sanitary and Phytosanitary of the General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA), Ministry...
Strengthening Food Systems for Healthy Diets at the Seventh National Nutrition Day
30/11/2020
The 7th National Nutrition Day (NND) for Cambodia conducted in Kampong Cham Province on 25 November 2020 was organized by the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) under the...
New National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition: How to defeat malnutrition in Cambodia
17/11/2020
Phnom Penh- The Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) recently launched the 2nd National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition (NSFSN), 2019-2023. This crucially important strategy offers a unique...
Cambodia adopts e-solutions to transform agriculture for national prosperity
09/11/2020
September 2020, Siem Reap: More than 60 participants from relevant ministries, international organizations, civil society organizations and relevant sectoral provincial departments gathered on 29 September 2020 to discuss the development of...
Validation workshop to finalize Cambodia State of Environment Report
06/11/2020
Phnom Penh - On 27 October 2020, the Ministry of Environment’s General Directorate of Environmental Knowledge and Information (GDEKI) organized a validation workshop to ultimately discuss the 2020 State of Environment...
Press Release: World Food Day and FAO 75th Anniversary mark the need to transform our food systems for healthy diets amid the COVID-19 outbreak
15/10/2020
Phnom Penh, Cambodia– On the World Food Day, which takes place this year in very unprecedented circumstances, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) calls for action...
New GEF project in preparation to improve sustainable use and governance of groundwater in Cambodia-Mekong River Delta Transboundary Aquifer
15/09/2020
Phnom Penh, September 2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Ministry of Environment (MoE), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Ministry of Water Resources...
Consultative workshop for the update of Cambodia’s State of Environment (SoE)
14/09/2020
Phnom Penh, August 2020 - One of the very pressing challenges of our time is environmental change, questioning life on this planet. Driving forces of environmental change are diverse: rapid...