The Kingdom’s stubborn problem with food security
While Cambodia has made remarkable gains economically over the past decade and more-the Kingdom’s poverty level fell from 47 percent in 1994 to 25 percent this year-there are still some stubborn areas of underperformance. One is the issue of food security. While in recent years, the country has largely been able to produce sufficient food to meet domestic demand and has begun exporting large amounts of rice, there are still pockets of the country where food insecurity and malnutrition are serious enough to affect long-term economic and social development, according to Roth Virak, secretary general of the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development. …
