Cambodia’s Agricultural Land Resources: Status and Challenges | Land Portal

Informações sobre recurso

Date of publication: 
Dezembro 2014
Resource Language: 
ISBN / Resource ID: 
MLRF:1962
Pages: 
1-4

Agricultural production in Cambodia is concentrated in the northwestern districts bordering Thailand, on the central plains surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake and its river systems, along the Mekong and Bassac rivers towards the Mekong delta, and in the northern and northeastern provinces. In 2012, the total land-use area under major agricultural crops was about 4.015 million ha. Rice is the dominant crop, occupying about 2.968 million ha; non-rice crops are grown on about 1.047 million ha (MAFF 2012). Agricultural lands can be categorised into two distinct topographical regions: lowlands and uplands. Lowland soils mainly support rice farming interspersed with field crops, vegetable gardens, and fruit trees. Upland areas are mainly used for rubber plantations, maize, cassava, soybeans, mungbeans, peanuts, sesame, sugarcane, and fruit trees (MAFF 2012). Since knowledge about the biophysical constraints of upland soils remains limited and because Cambodian agriculture is heavily dependent on productivity of rainfed, lowland, rice-based farming systems, this policy brief focuses on crop and land management in the lowland.

Autores e editores

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Development_Research_Forum, (DRF)

Corporate Author(s): 
Cambodia Development Resource Institute

1. Our vision

Inclusive and sustainable development through independent policy research and developing capacity.

2. Our vision For Cambodia
Vision of CDRI, Cambodia Development Resource Institute, is for a peaceful, prosperous and more equitable Cambodia.

3. Our mission

To contribute to Cambodia’s sustainable development and the well-being of its people through the generation of high quality policy research, knowledge dissemination and capacity development.

 

4. Our core values: MERIT

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The purpose of the Mekong Land Research Forum online site is to provide structured access to published and unpublished research on land issues in the Mekong Region. It is based on the premise that debates and decisions around land governance can be enhanced by drawing on the considerable volume of research, documented experience and action-based reflection that is available.

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