Present Status of Agriculture and Possibility for Increased Export of Food and Agricultural Products in Cambodia

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the possibility of increased export of food and agricultural products on the basis of collected data sources and interviewing for the policy makers and to build up the good relationship through Japanese investor to promote agricultural export in Cambodia. Government announced the exportable agricultural products with high potentials such as rice, maize, soybean, mung bean, sesame, peats, cassava, cashew nuts, pepper, rubber, fish products and cattle/buffalos. As far as government announcement is concerned, the direction for export expansion should be put already traded items in terms of amount bases. Even in already traded items, they should be developed with higher added value.