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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 respond to changing domestic and external demand. The Cambodian government has identified a variety of agricultural commodities as having potential...

4 February 2019, Phnom Penh: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The European Union (EU) congratulated the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) on its active engagement in various reforms and initiatives to improve forest governance and combat the illegal trade in timber. "Improved forest governance is...

November 26-27, 2018, CAMBODIA: Antibiotics are vital to treat infections in people, animals and plants, but their misuse can lead to treatment failure when microbes develop resistance. As a result, human deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are estimated to increase from today’s 700,000 worldwide to 10 million in 2050....

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Cambodia experienced an increased number of reported avian influenza outbreaks in poultry in late 2017 and early 2018. This increase can most likely be explained by improvements in the reporting system and closer collaboration between the animal health professionals at central, provincial, district and field levels, however, some...

Siem Reap 12–15 December 2018: Forum to accelerate efforts to wipe out root causes of climate change impact upon the livelihoods of Cambodia’s rural poor. An unpredictable change of weather patterns and water supplies, a change of climate together, coupled with a low adaptive capacity are further challenging the livelihoods of Cambodia’s...