Hun Sen suggests establishment of emergency seed supplies

Farmers plowing their rice field outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia. - AP

Cambodia (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Prime Minister Hun Sen has told Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina to devise plans for guaranteeing a steady supply of high-quality seeds of the many varieties that the government currently stockpiles.

Hun Sen noted that if the government’s stocks were depleted by heavy flood damage, for example, it would be forced to buy fresh stocks on the open market. By establishing a supply of its own, the government could guarantee the purity and quality of the seeds it issued to the victims of natural disasters.