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In this fifth mandate, the Royal Government of Cambodia promulgated the “Rectangular Strategy Phase-III” and “National Strategic Development Plan 2014-2018” and still considers the agricultural sector as the priority sector by clearly identifying that the enhancement of agricultural productivity, diversification and commercialization, the land reforming, the sustainable management of natural resources, notably forestry and fisheries resources, are the fundamental areas to accelerate the economic growth and poverty reduction of the Cambodian population. The Government’s Vision is to modernize the agriculture sector through the new approaches which could transform the “extensive” farming to “intensive” farming by focusing more on the appropriate technology application, research and development, farm mechanization, irrigation expansion, agricultural land use management.The text consists of 2 Parts. Part 1 considers the Achievements and challenges in the implementation of agricultural Sector Strategic Development Plan (2009-2013). Part 2 deals with ther Agricultural Sector Strategic Development Plan 2014-2018. The long-term Vision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is: “To contribute to poverty reduction, ensure enough and safe food availability for all people, through modernization of the agricultural sector based on a new approach and with changed scope and pace for accelerating agricultural economic growth, and sustainable natural resource management and conservation”.The Mission of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is to: “Support the economic growth of Cambodia by providing high quality services which result in a secure safe food supply, increased agricultural outputs and add value on a sustainable and cost effective basis to agricultural, fishery and forestry based sectors”. The overall Goal of the Policy is to: Increase agricultural growth to around 5% per annum through enhancement of the agricultural productivity, diversification and commercialization and livestock and aquaculture farming by taking into account the consideration of sustainable forestry and fisheries resource management; achieve the overall Policy goal of the Ministry as well as contributing to achievement of the objectives of the present Plan, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries defined four "Basic Pillars" for the development of the agricultural sector as follows: Enhancement of the agricultural productivity, diversification and commercialization (1); Promotion of livestock and aquaculture (2); Sustainable Fisheries and Forestry Resources Management (3); Strengthening the institutional capacity and increasing efficient supporting services and human resource development (4).In order to achieve the main Policy goals, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries formulated five Priority Programmes. The programmes will be financed through a budget that combines domestic financial resources with the contributions of development partners. The 5 Priority Programmes are as follows: Enhancement of Agricultural Productivity, Diversification and Commercialization (1); Promote Animal Production and Animal Health; Programme (2); Sustainable Fisheries Resources Management (3); Sustainable Forestry & Wildlife Resource Management Programme (4); Strengthening Institutional Capacity, enhancing efficiency of supporting services and Human Resource Development (5).
