Cambodian Agriculture in Transition : Opportunities and Risks

World Bank Group

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS;    AGRICULTURE;    FARM DATA;    FARM INCOMES;    FARMING SYSTEMS;   

RP-ID  :  96308

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report seeks to understand thesuccesses, challenges and opportunities of Cambodia’sagricultural transformation over the past decade to derivelessons and insights on how to maintain future agriculturalgrowth, and particularly on the government’s role infacilitating it. It is prepared per the request of theSupreme National Economic Council and the Ministry ofAgriculture Forestry and Fisheries and is based on theprimary farm data surveys from 2005 and 2013, and thesecondary data from various sources. In 2013-2014, theagricultural growth slowed down to 1 percent from itsaverage of 5.3 percent over 2004-2012. Is the country intransition to a slower agricultural growth? Cambodia can illafford it because agricultural growth will be critical tocontinued poverty reduction in the country, given its largesize in the economy. Market and private investment friendlypolicies and targeted public sector investments inirrigation, extension, and other ‘public good’ agriculturalservices, as feasible within the government’s total budget,can help secure continued robust agricultural growth. Theremaining report is organized as follows. Chapter twopresents key facts about Cambodia’s recent agriculturaldevelopment using data from national accounts and variousreports. Chapter three provides evidence from the field thatexplains the changes observed in the national accounts.Chapter four illustrates developments in farming systems,farm budgets, and farm incomes compared to nonfarm incomes.Chapter five presents a farm competitiveness analysis.Chapter six discusses the sources of past growth and theirlimitations and presents an analysis of (likely) futuresources of agricultural growth. Chapter seven presents along-term vision for the sector, while chapter eightsimulates policies and the changes in farm incomes needed torealize this vision. Chapter nine discusses the policyagenda, with implementation details based on national andglobal experiences. Chapter ten concludes with a summary ofthe report and policy recommendations. Annexes present themethodology of the 2013 farm survey, detailed farm budgetsby crop, projections of selected indicators, and results ofthe policy simulations.