Agriculture Sector Development in Cambodia

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1 Agriculture Sector Development in Cambodia Presented by: SREY VUTHY, Deputy Director of Department of Planning and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 28 March

2 I. Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Share (%) of Agriculture in GDP 2011 SERVICES 41.1% AGRICULTURE 28.4% INDUSTRY 30.5% Agriculture is an important Sector in Cambodia (80% living in rural area and depending on this sector) Nearly 70% of Total Labor Force Provided food, raw materials, national revenue (export)

3 I. Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Share (%) of Agriculture Sector in GDP, (Constant Price 2000) 35.0% 30.0% 25.0% 31.5% 32.1% 28.9% 29.5% 28.1% 26.7% 26.8% 28.0% 29.0% 28.4% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% The share (%) of agriculture sector in the total GDP reported at about 28.4% in 2011 (decreased from 31.5% in 2002 to 26.8% in 2008 and 29% in 2010). The gross value added (GVA) for agriculture shown that the value increased from 5,108 billion Riels in 2002 up to 8,587 billion Riels in 2011 (Constant 2000 price).

4 I. Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Growth (%) for Agriculture, % 15.0% 15.7% 10.0% 10.5% 5.0% 3.6% 5.5% 5.0% 5.7% 5.4% 4.0% 3.3% 0.0% -5.0% -2.5% -0.9% In general, the growth rate (%) for agriculture sector has been considered increasing with an average of 3-5% per year ( ) and it varied in accordance with the climate condition of each year. It is recognized that the agricultural production is highly dependent on the natural condition which was affected the agricultural outputs. In 2006, the growth for agriculture sector reported at about 5.5% and 4% in 2010 and about 3.3% in 2011 (flooding destroyed crops, more than 200 thousand hectares).

5 I. Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Composition (%) of Sub-Sector in Agriculture, Crops Fisheries Livestock Forestry It is generally observed that in the whole agriculture sector, the composition of sub-sector contribution in percentage (%) in 2011 shown around 54% contributed by crop production, followed by 25% for fisheries, 15% for livestock production and 6% for forestry and logging.

6 I- Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Rice Production Description (Estimated) Cultivated Areas (ha) 2,541,433 2,585,905 2,615,741 2,719,080 2,795,892 2,968,529 Harvested Areas (ha) 2,516,415 2,566,952 2,613,363 2,674,603 2,776,323 2,766,617 Rice Yield (t/ha) Production (mt) 6,264,123 6,727,127 7,175,473 7,585,870 8,249,452 8,779,365 Rice Surplus (mt) 1,433,880 1,649,640 2,025,033 2,244,598 2,515,752 2,780,328 Paddy Surplus (mt) 2,240,438 2,577,562 3,164,114 3,507,185 3,930,425 4,344,263 6

7 I- Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Four Main Crops Production, : The cultivated areas of subsidiary and industrial crops in 2010 were also increased to 752,640 ha in 2010 (+12.3% compared to 2009) and the total production is also shown increasing from 5.4 million tons in 2009 to 6.1 million tons in 2010 (+13% compared to 2009); The cultivated area of permanent crops reportedly achieved around hectares (increased about 9% compared to 2009). 7

8 I- Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Livestock Production (Cow, Buffaloes, Pig),

9 I- Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Livestock Production (Poultry), Poultry population has been increased tremendously of 37% from 2006 to 2010 (15 million heads to million heads). In 2010, the poultry production increased about 3% if compared to 2009 and this is because of the expansion of animal raising techniques absorbed by the farmers. 9

10 I- Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Animal Feed Demand and Supply (Cont..) Animal Feed in 2009 (tonnes) 250, , , , , ,000 60,000 50,000 0 Demand Supply Import

11 I- Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Rubber Production In 2010, the total of Cambodian rubber plantations covered on 181,430 hectares, an increase of 39.6% compared to that of 2008 (129,920 hectares of rubber plantations in 2009) in which: 47,092 hectares of existing agro-industrial rubber plantation 52,528 hectares developed by economic land concessionaires 81,813 hectares of household rubber plantations. 11

12 I- Agriculture Sector in Cambodia Fisheries Production (metric ton) Inland Fisheries Marine Fisheries Aquaculture 616,000 tons 493,760 tons 471,000 tons 515,000 tons 550,000 tons 12

13 II- Agricultural Sector Strategic Development Plan Rectangular Strategy - II National Strategic Development Plan, Agriculture Strategic Development Plan, Government Rice Policy Strategy for Agriculture and Water (SAW) 13

14 Government Policy on the Promotion of Paddy Production and Rice Export Official Export by 2015: > 1 million ton of milled rice Paddy surplus more than 4 million tons by 2015 Government Policy Measures: i.paddy Production ii.rice Processing iii.export Facilitation and iv.marketing MAFF Action Plan focused on: Seed development, Seed reservation Import facilitation for inputs Law on Management of Agro-Chemical & Fertilizer Strengthen capacity of R&D (CARDI, Dev. Centers) Agricultural Extension Services Agricultural Cooperatives, Law on Agricultural Cooperative Agricultural Census, Land use zoning Law on Agricultural Land Use and Management Contract Farming System, OPM-Paddy mortgage Scheme Law on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine, Rice Standard Rice market information 14

15 Potential Areas for Foreign Investment Agri. Marketing Storage & transportation Wholesale market Agricultural Contract Farming Market information Standardization Food Processing Milling factory Meat industry Slaughtering Fisheries processing Cold storage system Agricultural R&D Develop agricultural technologies Agricultural education Seed development & extension services Agricultural Trade Export & import for agricultural products Fertilizer and input & animal feed factory Agricultural Finance Provide loans for farm mechanization Loans for food processing & marketing

16 Relevant Legal framework ELC Grant Land Law dated 30 August, 2001 Forest Law, dated 31 August 2002 Investment Law, dated 04 August 2004 Sub Decree on ELC No. 146, dated 27 December, 2005 Sub Decree on State Land Management No. 118, dated 07 October, 2005 Sub Decree No. 131 dated 15 September, 2008 on Amendment of ELC Sub Decree

17 Context of ELC Companies Since 1993 till December 2011, RGC has granted ELC investment projects to 167 companies. MAFF has requested and accepted from the RGC to cancelled 51 ELC companies who are unimplemented their contracts of investment, and confiscate ha of land as state property. At the present, 116 validated ELC companies with total land of ha are located at 17 provinces. ELC companies with its land less than 1,000 ha were 39 companies, with total land areas of 31,593 ha.

18 Context of ELC Companies (Cont.) 1 - French companies Thai companies Singapore companies Korea companies India companies USA companies China companies Cambodia companies Vietnam companies Israel Sweden Australia 01 Total = 116 companies

19 Development Trend in Rubber Plantation, 2006 to 2011 (in thousand hectares) Development Trend in Rubber Plantation, 2006 to 2011 in (in thousand hectares) Rubber Estates Rubber Private Concession Small Holder Rubber Plantation

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