Policy Paper on the Promotion of Paddy Production and Rice Export. Country/Territory Cambodia Document type Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Policy/planning Cereals/grains/rice Processing/handling Transport/storage Authorization/permit Internal trade International trade Agricultural development Geographical area Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, East Asian Seas, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia Abstract The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has made a strong commitment to ensure further implementation of the Rectangular Strategy-Phase II, after successfully leading the Cambodian economy out of the most difficult time of recent global financial crisis and economic downturn. To this end, the RGC decides to embark on promoting the development of agriculture sector, with a new pace and scale, aiming at further strengthening the foundation for economic growth, accelerating poverty reduction, as well as improving the living standards of the Cambodian people. In realizing the vision of agriculture development, the RGC has adopted a three-pronged strategy—productivity enhancement, diversification and agricultural commercialization (from subsistence to commercial agriculture)— through implementing a package of interrelated measures: 1) infrastructure building and enhancement (roads, irrigation, energy/electricity and ITC); 2) improvement in the provision of extension services and agricultural inputs; 3) land management reform; 4) finance; 5) marketing; 6) farmer organization; and 7) institutional building and coordination. Full text English