Millions of people worldwide rely on banana as a staple food and cash crop. Banana is ranked the fourth most important food crop after wheat, rice, and corn in the...

Cambodia is consistently ranked among the top ten countries most vulnerable to climate change, and among the three most vulnerable in Asia. Women are among the poorest in rural Cambodia, and...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) launched on 23 December 2019 the Multi-Sectoral Action Plan (MSAP) 2019-2023 encompassing seven key strategic areas that will guide collaborative interventions​ to...

This project aims at testing an improved Livestock Identification and Registration System (LIRS) in Cambodia and Laos. Such a system is critically important to address and manage animal movement, to...

This year, World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) was conducted on 18-24 November 2019. It focused on the Global Action Plan that aims to cope with growing effects of antimicrobial resistance...

Cambodian and Vietnamese delegations met in Phnom Penh on 7-8 November 2019 to discuss further cooperation on animal health, and to establish a 2020 cooperation road map on surveillance, animal...

The Sixth National Nutrition Day highlighted the importance of breastfeeding, recognising that it is cornerstone of child survival and child health, providing essential, irreplaceable nutrition for a child’s growth and...

28 -29 October 2019, Siem Reap Province: Cambodia brought together close to 200 participants from regional, national and sub-national levels including policy makers, development practitioners, agriculturalists, researchers, development partners (DPs),...

World Food Day: Healthy Diets for a Zero Hunger World Phnom Penh:  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the United Nations...

Phnom Penh: More than 50 people from all relevant stakeholders at both national and sub-national levels were gathered at a consultation workshop, focusing on Need and technical capacity assessment on...

The Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) recently approved an FAO-led $ 10 million climate adaptation project in Cambodia “Promoting Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in Rice-Based Communities in the...

Following the launch of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s projects to support an annual survey of agriculture in late March 2019, they saw the data collection commenced...

Closing the gender gap in natural resource management is key for achieving food security and strengthening resilience to climate change. Cambodian women play a crucial role in agriculture and rural...

CAMBODIA: The CamAdapt project – funded by the Least Developed Country Fund of the Global Environmental Facility or GEF, jointly implemented by FAO, the MoE, and FiA of the MAFF...

                                              CAMBODIA: The Cambodian coastal and marine ecosystems, including mangrove forests, coral reefs, seagrass beds, salt marshes and estuaries, are all extremely important to Cambodia's economic development as well

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health (EMC-AH) launched an African swine fever (ASF) ‘Response’ mission to Cambodia on 27-31 May...

April 5, 2019, CAMBODIA: The Royal Government of Cambodia and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will strengthen collaboration in response to the first African swine...

March 29 2019, CAMBODIA: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) representative, Mr Alexandre Huynh, and HE Hean Vanhan, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Agriculture,...

March 14, 2019, CAMBODIA: The Royal Government of Cambodia and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will collaborate to strengthen legislation on antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use. A team...

The agriculture sector is one the leading contributors to economic growth and poverty reduction in Cambodia. It is widely accepted that agricultural diversification and quality improvement will help the sector...