Cambodia, donors talk food and social security
Cambodia successfully wrapped up a
national food security forum on July 7, drawing more international
attention to the country’s need to develop a social safety network for
the poor.
Cambodia successfully wrapped up a
national food security forum on July 7, drawing more international
attention to the country’s need to develop a social safety network for
the poor.
The centrepiece of the “Social Safety Networks in Cambodia ” forum was a range of measures to protect and create more employment for the most vulnerable groups that can be easily hit by the global economic downturn and its ensuing impacts, including rocketing food prices.
A study in 2008 by the Cambodian Development Resource Initiative (CDRI) showed that steep increases in food prices have joined with the inadequate supply of social welfare assistance to push large numbers of poor rural families deeper into poverty.
The two-day event was attended by Yim Chay Ly, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President of the Committee of Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), Douglas Broderick, United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, as well as ranking officials from relevant agencies and international organisations.
As the forum’s sponsor, the World Bank, together with international donors, pledged to continue their support for Cambodia to ensure its food security and improve its social safety network.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will continue disbursement of its 35 million USD pledge to help Cambodia implement its project on immediately providing emergency food aid to farmers in seven provinces, said Hang Chuon Naron, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The seven beneficiary provinces include Kampong Chhnang, Pursat, Battambong, Banteay Meanchey, Uddor Meanchey, Siem Reap and Kampong Thom.
The ADB and the UN have already promised to give 55.71 million USD to help Cambodia implement poverty reduction and household economic development in the Tonle Sap region./.
The centrepiece of the “Social Safety Networks in Cambodia ” forum was a range of measures to protect and create more employment for the most vulnerable groups that can be easily hit by the global economic downturn and its ensuing impacts, including rocketing food prices.
A study in 2008 by the Cambodian Development Resource Initiative (CDRI) showed that steep increases in food prices have joined with the inadequate supply of social welfare assistance to push large numbers of poor rural families deeper into poverty.
The two-day event was attended by Yim Chay Ly, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President of the Committee of Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), Douglas Broderick, United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, as well as ranking officials from relevant agencies and international organisations.
As the forum’s sponsor, the World Bank, together with international donors, pledged to continue their support for Cambodia to ensure its food security and improve its social safety network.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will continue disbursement of its 35 million USD pledge to help Cambodia implement its project on immediately providing emergency food aid to farmers in seven provinces, said Hang Chuon Naron, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The seven beneficiary provinces include Kampong Chhnang, Pursat, Battambong, Banteay Meanchey, Uddor Meanchey, Siem Reap and Kampong Thom.
The ADB and the UN have already promised to give 55.71 million USD to help Cambodia implement poverty reduction and household economic development in the Tonle Sap region./.
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