Cambodia, China set to prepare agriculture master plan


Agriculture minister Veng Sakhon (right) greeting Zhang Lubiao,director of China’s Foreign Economic Cooperation Centre. - VENG SAKHON VIA FB

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and its Chinese counterpart have jointly set up a working group to draw up a master plan to develop modern agriculture in Cambodia, by focusing on key potential products such as milled rice, corn, rubber, cassava, bananas, animal production and aquaculture.

In a meeting with the Cambodian ministry on Aug 18, Zhang Lubiao, director of the Foreign Economic Cooperation Centre under the Chinese ministry, said he aims to strengthen and expand agricultural cooperation between the countries, in particular by supporting the development of a master plan.

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