EU, FAO to provide €12 million to Cambodia for drought

Written by DAP NEWS   --   Sunday, 30 August 2009 04:35

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) said last week that the FAO will provide €12 million (over US$1,716 million) to a counterpart project in Cambodia to mitigate drought.

Cambodian project consultant of FAO Soeung Soy said that agreement will be cosigned by Cambodia and an FAO representative in Cambodia on September 2. “The budgets will support on the projects such as: Train to Cambodian Agricultural staff, seed producing, fertilization, and local vegetables.”

All the budgets was donated by the European Union (EU), he stressed.

“We worry about the dry disaster, during growing rice, especially on food security,” he added.

The Cambodian Government has made disaster prevention one of the cornerstones of its policy. Prime Minister Hun Sen previously said that “We must use pump water to help Cambodian poor farmers and improving seed production.”

Cambodia has 8 provinces facing water shortages for rice and vegetables production covering 40,000 ha