Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Cambodia)
{{Short description|Government ministry of Cambodia}}
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|jurisdiction = Government of Cambodia
|headquarters = Mao Tse Tung Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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|minister1_name = Dith Tina
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Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ({{langx|km|ក្រសួងកសិកម្ម រុក្ខាប្រមាញ់ និងនេសាទ}}) is the government ministry of Cambodia that is responsible for governing activities of agriculture, forestry and the fishery industry in Cambodia.[http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/aboutus.html MAFF, About us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222134952/http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/aboutus.html |date=2008-12-22 }}
Institutions
Public schools, companies and rubber plantations related to the Ministry include:About us
- Royal University of Agriculture (RUA)[http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/pinstitution/rua.html MAFF, RUA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306065036/http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/pinstitution/rua.html |date=2009-03-06 }}
- Cambodia Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI)[http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/pinstitution/cardi.html MAFF, CARDI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306065030/http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/pinstitution/cardi.html |date=2009-03-06 }}[http://www.cardi.org.kh/ CARDI homepage]
- Prek Leap National College of Agriculture (PNCA) [http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/pinstitution/prekleap.html MAFF, PNSA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306064428/http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/pinstitution/prekleap.html |date=2009-03-06 }}[http://www.pnsa.edu.kh/ PNSA homepage]
- Kampong Cham National School of Agriculture
- Agricultural Input Company
- Cambodia Rubber Development Company
- Cambodia Rubber Research Institute
- Rubber Import, Export, Transport and Equipment Company
- Rubber Plantation Companies: Chup Rubber Plantation Co., Krek Rubber Plantation Co., Memut Rubber Plantation Co., Snoul Rubber Plantation Co., Chamkar Andong Rubber Plantation Co., Beungket Rubber Plantation Co. and Peam Cheing Rubber Plantation Co.
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).[http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/maps/ Maps] Open Development Cambodia. See Economic Land Concessions, Concessions For Mining and Forest Concessions. 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/reports/files/187Document-UPR2013-LICADHO.pdf
|title=Submission to the UN's Universal Periodic Review, Cambodia
|publisher=LICADHO
|work= Universal Periodic Review 2013
|year=2013
|page=1}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/26/cambodia
|title=Country for sale
|work=The Guardian
|author=Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark
|date=April 26, 2008|accessdate=February 13, 2014}}
|title= Land Grab: Foreign Firms Drive Cambodians from Farms
|publisher=Der Spiegel
|author=Andreas Lorenz
|date=November 27, 2013}}[http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/topic/land Topic: Land Issues] LICADHO. Accessdate: February 20th 2014.
Ministers
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| rowspan="2" class="unsortable" colspan="2"|Portrait
!rowspan="2" class="unsortable"|Name !colspan="2" class="unsortable"|Tenure !rowspan="2" class="unsortable"|Party |
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|80px |Chan Sarun |30 November 1998 |23 September 2013 |CPP Chhea Song ( ឈា សុង) |30 November 1998 30 September 2003 Mr Cambodian People Party (CPP) ! style="background-color:{{party color|Cambodian People's Party}}; color:white" | |80px |Ouk Rabun |24 September 2013 |5 April 2016 |CPP |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Cambodian People's Party}}; color:white" |
|80px |Veng Sakhon |5 April 2016 |8 October 2022 |CPP |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Cambodian People's Party}}; color:white" |
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|80px | style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Aun Pornmoniroth | style="background:#e6e6aa;"|8 October 2022 | style="background:#e6e6aa;"|17 October 2022 | style="background:#e6e6aa;"| CPP |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Cambodian People's Party}}; color:white" |
|80px |Dith Tina |17 October 2022 |Present |CPP |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125144552/http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/ Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081222134952/http://www.maff.gov.kh/eng/aboutus.html Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Ministry directory]
- [http://www.forestry.gov.kh/ Forestry Administration, home page]
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