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1999 National Seminar on Food Security and Nutrition
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The National Seminar on Food Security and Nutrition was held 20-21 April 1999,
and chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen, with the participation of the Council of
Ministers; the ministries of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Health, Water
Resources and Meteorology, Planning, Urbanisation and Construction; and a
number of International Organisations including World Food Programme, UNICEF,
World Health Organisation, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations
Development Programme, and GTZ; as well as other organisations. This was the
first seminar on this topic to be held at such a high level. The purpose of the
National Seminar was to discuss key food security and nutrition issues
affecting Cambodia and to propose strategies to develop sustainable approaches
to address these issues.
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Key issues of discussion during the seminar included:
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Moving from extensive farming to intensive farming
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Small-scale irrigation investment
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The relationship between food security and nutrition and how they affect the
most vulnerable groups, in order to raise awareness of this silent emergency
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Reviewing the contemporary situation of food security and nutrition in
Cambodia, paying attention to malnutrition and related causes
The Seminar formulated a Resolution, which was followed by
Circular 05 S.R. on Food Security and Nutrition in Cambodia,
dated 26 May 1999, and distributed to all ministries and local
authorities, among other institutions. The Circular assigned responsibility to
the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development to act as a coordinating
body to work with relevant ministries and local authorities of all provinces in
order to implement the recommendations of the Seminar. The recommendations
contained in the Circular were addressed to the national or policy level;
community or implementation level (province, district, commune, village); and
household level. The ultimate goal of the recommendations was to achieve food
security for all Cambodians according to the definition “When all people, at all
times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious
food, and to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and
healthy life”.
For more details of the recommendations of the 1999 National Seminar on Food
Security and Nutrition in Cambodia, see
Circular 05 S.R. on Food Security and Nutrition in Cambodia, dated 26
May 1999.
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