Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Cambodia)

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of Cambodia
Headquarters Mao Tse Toung Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Minister responsible
  • Veng Sakhon,
    Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Website maff.gov.kh

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Khmer: ក្រសួងកសិកម្ម រុក្ខាប្រមាញ់ និងនេសាទ "Krasuong Kaksekar") is the government ministry of Cambodia that is responsible for governing activities of agriculture, forestry and the fishery industry in Cambodia.[1]

Institutions

Public schools, companies and rubber plantations related to the Ministry include:[2]

Crimes and disturbing issues

In the years of 2007-8 the Cambodian Government, was responsible for the sale of 45% of the total landmass in Cambodia to primarily foreign investors. The land concessions are to be used for agro-industrial, forestry, tourism and constructional projects, even though larger parts of the land are wildlife protections or national parks even (See Cardamom Mountains for example).[8] The vast majority of the Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) have in fact been issued in violation of Cambodia’s 2001 Land Law and its Subdecree on ELCs and are therefore illegal.[9] The landsales has been perceived by observers, to be the result of extensive land grabbing and corruption within the judicial system, ministries and government bureaucracy of Cambodia. It has stirred serious unrest across the country, within recent years.[10][11][12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ MAFF, About us
  2. ↑ About us
  3. ↑ MAFF, RUA
  4. ↑ MAFF, CARDI
  5. ↑ CARDI homepage
  6. ↑ MAFF, PNSA
  7. ↑ PNSA homepage
  8. ↑ Maps Open Development Cambodia. See Economic Land Concessions, Concessions For Mining and Forest Concessions.
  9. ↑ "Submission to the UN’s Universal Periodic Review, Cambodia" (PDF). Universal Periodic Review 2013. LICADHO. 2013. p. 1.
  10. ↑ Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark (April 26, 2008). "Country for sale". The Guardian. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ Andreas Lorenz (November 27, 2013). "Land Grab: Foreign Firms Drive Cambodians from Farms". Der Spiegel.
  12. ↑ Topic: Land Issues LICADHO. Accessdate: February 20th 2014.

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