Cambodia’s Agricultural Strategy: Future Development Options for the Rice Sector
This paper first reviews the performance of the rice sector and rice-related government policies and interventions and then explores a possible development path for rice by comparing the current situation in Cambodia with the early development stages of Thailand and Vietnam. With strong government support, rice production has grown rapidly since 20...
Natural Resource Governance and Food Security in Cambodia
Cambodia experienced a decade of rapid economic growth until 2007, but that growth depended significantly on exploiting its natural resource base and was marked by an unusually rapid rise in inequality. While investments in health, education, rural infrastructure and microcredit are essential to improving the asset portfolio of vulnerable househol...
Policy Options for Vulnerable Groups: Income Growth and Social Protection
Two decades of civil war caused extensive damage to Cambodia’s physical, social and human capital and left the populace, especially rural people, in a state of chronic poverty and vulnerability. Despite pro-poor targeting and massive efforts by the government and its development partners, a large proportion of the population in need of support does...
Review of Agricultural Policy and Policy Research
The Cambodian government articulates its agriculture policy in the Rectangular Strategy: “To improve agricultural productivity and diversification, thereby enabling the agriculture sector to serve as the dynamic driving force for economic growth and poverty reduction.” To this end, it developed the National Strategy for Agriculture and Water, which...
Use of Hydrological Knowledge and Community Participation for Improving Decision-making on Irrigation Water Allocation
This study explores how hydrological knowledge and community participation can enhance decision-making in irrigation water allocation in Cambodia’s Stung Chrey Bak catchment. Conducted under the Water Resources Management Research Capacity Development Programme (WRMRCDP), the research integrates hydrological analysis with participatory learning...