តើសហគមន៍សម្បូរសប្បាយមានន័យដូចម្ដេច?

អ្វីជាសហគមន៍សម្បូរសប្បាយ (ស៣) បើលោកអ្នកចង់អានជាភាសាអង់គ្លេស សូម ចុចទីនេះ

តើសហគមន៍សម្បូរសប្បាយ ឬស៣ មានន័យដូចម្ដេច? តើកសិករទទួលផលប្រយោជន៍អ្វីពី ស៣?
សហគមន៍សម្បូរសប្បាយ ហៅកាត់ថា ស៣ គឺជាសហគមន៍ដែលមានប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅមូលដ្ឋានចេះសហការរួបរួមគ្នា និងជួយគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមក ឲ្យចេះដាំដុះ និងចេះផលិតនូវផលិតផលកសិកម្មដើម្បីទប់ស្កាត់ផលិតផលនាំចូលពីខាងក្រៅ រួចឈានទៅរកការនាំចេញទៅក្រៅប្រទេសវិញធ្វើឲ្យសកម្មភាពសេដ្ឋកិច្ច សង្គមកិច្ច កសិកម្ម សិប្បកម្ម ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម វប្បធម៌ និងបរិស្ថាននៅមូលដ្ឋានរស់រវើក និងមានការអភិវឌ្ឍនៅមូលដ្ឋានប្រកបដោយភាពរុងរឿង។

ខាងក្រោមនេះគឺជាសេចក្ដីពន្យល់ន័យនៃពាក្យនីមួយៗ របស់សហគមន៍សម្បូរសប្បាយ៖
- សហគមន៍ (ស១) គឺ សហការគ្នា ឬរួបរួមគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមក, ការទៅជាមួយ, ដំណើរជាមួយគ្នា។ ប្រជុំភូមិ ឬតំបន់អ្នកស្រុកប្រកបមុខរបរចូលគ្នា... បង្កើតឲ្យមានសហគមន៍។
- សម្បូរ (ស២) គឺ ពេញពាស បរិបូរក្រៃពេក គរគោក
- សប្បាយ (ស៣) គឺ ដំណើរនៅជាសុខ ដំណើរមិនមានទុក្ខ មិនមានព្រួយ មិនមានជំងឺ៖ ឧទាហរណ៍ រស់នៅដោយសប្បាយ។

ស៣ ត្រូវសម្បូរ សមចល ដែលពាក្យពេញរបស់វាគឺ៖
- ស មានន័យថា សុខភាព (សុខទាំង ផ្លូវការនិងផ្លូវចិត្ត)
- ម មានន័យថា មិត្តភាព (ភាពដែលរាប់អានគ្នាជិតដិត ដែលស្រឡាញ់រាប់រកគ្នា យ៉ាងជិតស្និទ្ធិ)
- ច មានន័យថា ចំណេះ (ចំណេះដឹង ចំណេះធ្វើ និងចំណេះមើល)
- ល មានន័យថា លុយ (លុយហត់ លុយភ័យ លុយសប្បាយ)

លុយទាំង៣ មានន័យថា៖
o លុយហត់ គឺជាលុយដែលបានមកពីមុខរបរ ឬការងារប្រចាំថ្ងៃដោយនឿយហត់។
o លុយភ័យ គឺជាលុយបំណុល (ជំពាក់គេ ដូចជា ចងការពីគេ ឬខ្ចីពីធនាគារ ជាដើម)
o លុយសប្បាយ គឺជាលុយ បានមកដោយមិនហត់នឿយ និងមិនភ័យព្រួយ ឬភ័យខ្លាច។

ខាងក្រោមនេះ យើងលើកយកតែរឿងពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹង សេដ្ឋកិច្ច-សង្គមកិច្ច កសិកម្ម សិប្បកម្ម ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម មកនិយាយដោយសង្ខេប តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ ចំណែកវប្បធម៌ និងបរិស្ថាន យើងនឹងនិយាយនៅក្នុងអត្ថបទដាច់ដោយឡែកផ្សេងទៀត។

យើងអាចនិយាយបានថា ស៣ (សហគមន៍សម្បូរសប្បាយ) គឺជាសហគមន៍សម្បូរលុយចាយ។ ដើម្បីសម្បូរលុយចាយ ហើយលុយនេះនាំឲ្យសហគមន៍ មានសកម្មភាពសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរស់រវើក ទាល់តែសហគមន៍នោះ មានភាពសម្បូរ៥យ៉ាង សំខាន់ៗដូចខាងក្រោម៖
១. សម្បូរផលិតផល (សម្បូរកសិកម្ម សម្បូរសិប្បកម្ម ពិសេស សម្បូរផលិតផលនៅក្នុងមូលដ្ឋាន និងក្នុងតំបន់)
២. សម្បូរទីផ្សារ (ផ្សារមូលដ្ឋាន ផ្សារក្រៅមូលដ្ឋាន និងផ្សារក្រៅប្រទេស)
៣. សម្បូរទុន (សម្បូរប្រាក់ដើម ទ្រព្យដើម ដើម្បីយកទៅពង្រឹងការផលិត និងទីផ្សារ ក៏ដូចជាលុយសប្បាយដែរ)
៤. សម្បូរទឹក (មានទឹកច្រើនដើម្បីបង្កើនការផលិត និងស្ថេរភាពនៃការផលិត)
៥. សម្បូរធនធានមនុស្ស និងអ្នកដឹកនាំល្អ (ងាយស្រួលបម្រើការងារប្រកបដោយគុណភាពនិងដឹកនាំការអភិវឌ្ឍមូលដ្ឋាននៅលើផ្លូវត្រូវ។

យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រនិងសកម្មភាពគន្លឹះគឺ អ្នកផលិតនៅតាមមូលដ្ឋានរួមគ្នាផលិត ផ្គត់ផ្គង់មកទីផ្សារមូលដ្ឋាន ជំនួសការនាំចូល និងផលិតនូវផលិតផលពិសេសដើម្បីនាំចេញ។
លុយដែលបានមកពីការជំនួសការនាំចេញផលិតផល និងសល់នៅក្នុងមូលដ្ឋានដើម្បីចាយនៅមូលដ្ឋានដែលធ្វើឲ្យសកម្មភាពសេដ្ឋកិច្ចមានភាពរស់រវើក បង្កើតមុខរបរ និងការងារជូនអ្នកមូលដ្ឋានដែលកាត់បន្ថយចំណាកស្រុក។

ល្បឿនលុយដែលដូរដៃអ្នកមូលដ្ឋានជាមធ្យមក្នុងមួយឆ្នាំ អាចស្មើនឹង៨ដងឬលើសពីនេះ គឺបានន័យថា សេដ្ឋកិច្ចនៅមូលដ្ឋាននោះមានសកម្មភាពរស់រវើក។ ឧទាហរណ៍ អ្នកផលិតតាមមូលដ្ឋានលក់បានចំណូល ១លានរៀល ក្នុង១ឆ្នាំ បរិមាណលុយនេះ អាចទៅជា៨លានរៀល ឬលើសពីនេះ តាមរយៈការទិញលក់ដូរដៃគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមក ដូចជា អ្នកលក់បន្លែបានលុយទៅទិញខោអាវ អ្នកលក់ខោអាវបានលុយទៅហាងបាយ (ហូបបាយ) អ្នកលក់បាយបានលុយទៅទិញមាន់ អ្នកលក់មាន់យកលុយទៅទិញចំណីឲ្យមាន់ស៊ី។ល។

ជាការចាប់ផ្ដើម អ្នកមូលដ្ឋានត្រូវរួមគ្នាផលិតអ្វីមួយដែលងាយស្រួលជាងគេ ដើម្បីផ្គត់ផ្គង់ទីផ្សារមូលដ្ឋាន ឧទាហរណ៍ ស្លឹកគ្រៃ រំដេង រមៀត ម្ទេស ... ។

ដើម្បីប្រកួតប្រជែងជាមួយផលិតផលនាំចូលពីខាងក្រៅ អ្នកមូលដ្ឋានត្រូវរួមគ្នាធ្វើឲ្យបានល្អប្រសើរនូវចំណុចសំខាន់ៗ ដូចខាងក្រោម៖
១ ធានាឲ្យមានបរិមាណគ្រប់គ្រាន់ ទៅតាមតម្រូវការទីផ្សារមូលដ្ឋាន
២ ធានាឲ្យមានការផ្គត់ផ្គង់ទៀងទាត់ ឬរាល់ថ្ងៃ
៣ ធានាឲ្យមានគុណភាព
៤ ធានាឲ្យមានតម្លៃប្រហាក់ប្រហែល ឬប្រកួតប្រជែងជាមួយគេបាន
៥ រួមគ្នាធានាឲ្យមានទុនគ្រប់គ្រាន់សម្រាប់បង្វិល
៦ រួមគ្នាជំរុញឲ្យអ្នកមូលដ្ឋានទិញផលិតផលដែលផលិតបាននៅមូលដ្ឋាន។

ក្រុមការងារ ស៣ នឹងជួយគាំទ្រដល់ការងារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ធនធានមនុស្សតាមមូលដ្ឋាន ដើម្បីធ្វើឲ្យបានសម្រេចល្អនូវចំណុចទាំង៦ខាងលើនេះ ដោយចាប់ផ្ដើមពីផលិតផលអ្វីមួយ៕

Cambodian rice expert produces ‘more with less’

When he introduced his novel rice production method to Cambodian farmers more than a decade ago, Yang Saing Koma had to battle skeptics who laughed at his idea. How could less irrigation and shallower planting result in higher yield?

But Koma, founder of the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture(Cedac), only had to tap one brave farmer to get his program going.

Yang Saing Koma

Today, his System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is an official rice production method endorsed by the Cambodian government, credited for doubling the country’s total rice output in the last decade.

And while other Asian nations, the Philippines included, still depend on rice imports, the country of almost 15 million is looking to expand its market internationally as grains constantly grow by Koma’s design.

“For the first time, no farmer wanted to do it. It was very strange for them. But you just select one who has the courage,” Koma said laughing, recalling how he started his program.

“I just wanted to do something good for the country. I feel that I have done something, it’s very important. Of course, there are still many things to do. But I am very happy with what we’ve done so far. I think we’re very proud,” he added.

Unfamiliar but effective

Koma, an agronomist educated in the prestigious University of Leipzig in Germany, is among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, recognized for his unshakable will to push for a method that at first got laughs and criticism from traditional farmers.

The 46-year-old son of a teacher-farmer was selected as one of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay laureates, chosen for his “creative fusion of practical science and collective will that has inspired and enabled vast numbers of farmers in Cambodia to become empowered and productive contributors to their country’s economic growth.”

It’s an unexpected accolade for the soft-spoken Koma, who said his work in the last 15 years had been dedicated to empowering Cambodian farmers through an unfamiliar yet more effective method to grow rice.

“I didn’t expect to get an award. I just want to do something for the farmer, not do something for the award. The award is a plus. It’s more for the farmer and everyone involved in the work for rice farmers,” Koma said.

The rice production method also won for Koma in 2005 an award from SEED, a United Nations-led global initiative that recognizes outstanding sustainable entrepreneurship practices around the world.

Only one seedling

The SRI method is quite simple in principle but great in intent: “producing more with less.”

Traditional rice farming, Koma said, involved planting several seedlings deep in the ground “very close to each other” and filling the hole with a lot of water. The plots are fed with fertilizer to promote growth.

But Koma’s method, which he improved from a technique first practiced in the island country of Madagascar, follows an almost opposite procedure.

“You go for planting only one seedling very shallow, bigger spacing, less water, more compost. The result, you get a very high yield,” he said.

Less water is better

It shifts the farmer’s “typical mind-set,” the agronomist said. “Before, a farmer [thought] you need a lot of water … Actually, the rice grain is an aquatic plant. It just needs water, but actually, less water is better.”

“At first, a lot of farmers were laughing, a lot of them critical, because it was different from what they had seen for years. But they saw it was good, then it spread, they realized, Oooh … So you change their mind-set completely,” Koma said.

He first introduced SRI to 28 “reluctant” farmers in 2000, three years after he founded Cedac, now Cambodia’s top agricultural and rural development nongovernment organization.

“First, I discussed the idea, the principle of why too much water is a problem, why less water is better, why one seedling is better. The farmers, they understood, but they never tried it. But with the program, one said, ‘OK, I’ll try it.’ From the first farmer you get more and more farmers interested,” he said.

Total yield

Today, some 140,000 farmer families are implementing SRI in 21 Cambodian provinces, helping boost total yield from 3.82 million tons in 2002 to 7.97 million tons in 2010.

Several organizations have spun off Cedac’s success. In 2003, the organization established the Farmer and Nature Net, a cooperative-type network of farmers’ associations and individual members that aims to promote sustainable agriculture and encourage women to get involved in farming.

The organization currently has $8 million in savings.

Spreading the word

Koma also initiated the Cedac Enterprise for Development, which “links farmers directly to the market.” The social enterprise now runs 13 shops that sell locally produced organic stock, bringing goods from some 5,000 farmers directly to consumers.

His gains in the last decade mark a journey that Koma set out to do soon after the fall in 1979 of the violent Khmer Rouge, a regime that uprooted his family from rural Takeo province and forced them to move to Phnom Penh.

He said he simply wanted to see his country grow, and he saw the opportunity in land.

“I saw that my country is poor and I [was looking at] how to build my country. I felt it was better to start with agriculture,” Koma said.

Koma aims to spread SRI to all of Cambodia’s farmers, who make up roughly 66 percent of the country’s total population.

He has also traveled around Southeast Asia in the hopes of promoting the rice production method, from Thailand and Laos to Vietnam and Burma (Myanmar).

2012 Ramon Magsaysay Awards: Agronomist empowers farmers in Cambodia

MANILA, Philippines - Cambodian Yang Saing Koma was a young boy when his family was forced by the communist Khmer Rouge to flee their home province for Phnom Penh.

Yang Saing Koma

Like the rest of Cambodians, Koma witnessed the brutality and oppression under the four-year Khmer Rouge regime, during which 1.7 million people were killed or died as a result of torture, disease outbreak and starvation.

Koma fortunately survived the regime and used his experience to work on a lifetime goal to lift his people from the ruins of a brutal regime.

Although he saw his people as broken and hopeless, Koma was optimistic that his country would rise again as a nation and he would, in his own little way, contribute to Cambodia’s recovery.

He knew his country had natural resources – vast tracts of land – and from there he could help his people improve their lives through innovations in farming.

After all, 66 percent of Cambodians are reliant on rice farming and 80 percent of the population are in the rural areas.

Koma thought improvements should take place in the rice farming sector.

In 1995, Koma went to Germany on a scholarship where he specialized in agriculture and earned a doctorate at the University of Leipzig.

Koma returned to Cambodia to share what he learned. He worked for foreign development organizations but his heart was intent on establishing an organization that will help and make farmers sustainable.

Koma then established and founded the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), making sustainable agriculture his centerpiece in 1997.

Together with a lean team and French non-government organization, Koma worked hard to make CEDAC an independent and self-sustaining organization.

Fifteen years after CEDAC was established, it is now one of the largest agricultural and rural development NGOs in Cambodia, helping thousands of farmers improve their lives.

CEDAC’s success lies with the introduction of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), an ecologically sustainable approach to rice production.

“SRI is based on a simple system of plant, water and soil management, and is suitable to Cambodia’s dominant pattern of smallholder farms.”

Koma introduced SRI in year 2000 to 28 reluctant farmers. Today, Koma has been promoting SRI to more than 100,000 rice farmers, registering a 61 percent increase in rice yields, even as it decreased the amount of seeds and chemical fertilizers used while increasing the use of organic fertilizers by 85 percent.

In 2005, the Cambodian government officially endorsed SRI as a rice production strategy.

Today, 15 years after it was established, CEDAC is now able to support 140,000 farmer families in 21 provinces. Between 2002 and 2010, Cambodia’s rice production rose from 3.82 million tons to 6. 97 million tons, and CEDAC’s work has been largely credited as the driving force behind this increase.

Koma also established the Farmer and Nature Net (FNN), an independent network of 1,402 farmer associations with around 40,000 members who share farming knowledge among themselves.

Today, the associations under the FNN have been able to mobilize savings of more than $8 million, with an average monthly increase of five percent.

In founding CEDAC, Koma’s goal was to allow farmers to discover for themselves a better way of doing things.

“Cambodians need to take responsibility for their own destiny. The challenge lies in building people. We have to believe in ourselves, we have to believe in our ideas. Everything is interrelated. A simple thing can have a lot of influence in the system. If more people grow, society will grow,” Koma said.

In electing Yang Saing Koma to receive the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the board of trustees recognizes his “creative fusion of practical science and collective will that has inspired and enabled vast members of farmers in Cambodia to become more empowered and productive contributors to their country’s economic growth.”

Source: The Philippine Star

Indonesia, Cambodia Fix Rice Deal

កសិករ​ខ្មែរដកសំណាប​នៅក្នុង​
ស្រែ​នៅ​ខេត្ត​កណ្ដាល។ 

Siem Reap, Cambodia. As Indonesia seeks to boost trade and investment in Cambodia, the country on Tuesday signed a deal to import as much as 100,000 metric tons of rice annually from the Indochina country.

Gita Wirjawan, Indonesia’s trade minister, and Cham Prasidh, the Cambodian minister of commerce, signed a nonbinding agreement on Tuesday. The deal allows Indonesia to import rice each year from 2012 through 2016 up to the specified cap. The import cap could be increased if needed.

​​​Gita said that Indonesia will benefit from a more stabilized rice price and secure supply, as it would have various sources from which it can import. As a result, Indonesian companies must capitalize on this by investing more in Cambodia, thus improving more trade between both countries.

​“It is our goal to not only exchange trade with trade, but also trade with investment,” Gita said. “Other countries have made success stories by investing in Cambodia. We can do the same.”

Cham Prasidh said that he would like to see Indonesian companies invest in Cambodia’s agricultural sector to help it turn its surplus of paddies into rice.

“We need Indonesian companies to come,” he said. “They can invest in processing rice. Later on, they can export rice to Indonesia.

“Cambodia is open. They can set up companies to sell fertilizer and seeds.”

Cham Prasidh also encouraged Indonesia to benefit from cheaper rice storage in the country.

Officials of Galuh Prabu Trijaya, an Indonesian trading company operating in Cambodia, welcomed the signing.

The deal will help it secure its $1 billion deal of rice processing machinery, which is imported from Indonesia, over the next five years.

“This agreement will spur rice production here,” said Mohamad Helmi, a business development director of Galuh.

The firm has been supplying fertilizer for 1.2 million farmers, covering 1.2 million hectares of land in Cambodia.

Helmi is confident that Galuh can double its deal in the next few years.

“We can supply this country fertilizer, machinery and processing machines,” he said. “That’s a big plus.”

Tan Tze Hao, an Indonesian commodities trader, recently set up a company called Padi Tonle, because he was looking for an opportunity to sell rice out of Cambodia.

“We found out not so long ago that Cambodia has stabilized,” he said. “We want to try our best here. In the long run we would like to acquire a rice field as well.”

Indonesia’s exports to Cambodia last year were worth about $220 million. That is a small fraction of the $12.3 billion in total trade that Cambodia did last year.

​ទន្ទឹមគ្នា​​នឹងពេ​ល​ដែល​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី​​​​កំពុង​ព្យាយាម​ជំរុញ​​ ដំណើរការ​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម និង​វិនិយោគទុន​នៅ​កម្ពុជានោះ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ ប្រទេសនេះ​​​បាន​ចុះហត្ថលេខា​លើ​កិច្ច​ព្រមព្រៀង​មួយ​​ដើម្បី​នាំ​​​អង្ករ​ ចូល​ប្រទេស​របស់​ខ្លួន​​ពី​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ចំនួន​១០០.០០០ (មួយសែន) តោន​ក្នុង​មួយ​ឆ្នាំ។ 

រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី លោក ហ្គីតា​ វីចាវ៉ាន់ (Gita Wirjawan) និងលោក ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​ខ្មែរ​ បាន​ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា​លើ​កិច្ច​ព្រម​ព្រៀងមួយ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ។ កិច្ច​ព្រម​ព្រៀង​នេះ​​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី​នាំ​ចូល​អង្ករ​ជារៀង ​រាល់​ឆ្នាំ​​ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ ដល់​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦ រហូត​​ដល់​មាន​ការកំណត់​ជាក់​លាក់។ ការ​កំណត់​​​នាំ​ចូល​នេះ អាច​ត្រូវ​បង្កើន​បរិមាណ​ ប្រសិន​បើ​ ចាំបាច់។

លោក ហ្គីតា​បាន​និយាយ​ថា ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី​​នឹង​ទទួល​បាន​ផល​ចំណេញ​ពី​តម្លៃ​អង្ករ​​ថេរ និង​ធានា​ការផ្គត់​ផ្គង់​ ដោយ​សារ​ប្រទេស​នេះ​មាន​​ប្រភព​ផ្សេងៗ​ដែល​​ខ្លួន​អាច​នាំ​អង្ករចូល។ ជាលទ្ធផល ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​​នានា​រ​បស់​ប្រទេស​​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី​​ត្រូវ​តែ​ឆ្លៀត​ឱកាសរក​ប្រាក់​ ចំណេញ​ដោយ​ដាក់​ទុន​រក​ស៊ី​នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា គឺ​ត្រូវ​លើក​កម្ពស់​​​ពាណិជ្ជ​​​កម្ម​រវាង​ប្រទេស​ទាំង​ពីរ​ឲ្យ​កាន់​តែ​ ប្រសើរ។

លោក​ហ្គីតា​បាន​និយាយ​ទៀត​ថា​ "គោល​បំណង​របស់​យើង​ មិន​មែន​គ្រាន់​តែ​ផ្លាស់​ប្ដូរ​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​និង​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​នោះទេ ប៉ុន្តែ​ថែម​ទាំង​ធ្វើ​ពាណិជ្ជ​ដោយ​បោះទុន​វិនិយោគ​ថែម​ទៀតផង។ ប្រទេស​​ផ្សេង​ៗ​​បាន​ដាក់​ទុន​រក​ស៊ីនៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​យ៉ាង​កាក់កបនៅ​ កម្ពុជា។ យើង​​អាច​ធ្វើ​បាន​ដូចគ្នា"។

លោក​ ចម​ ប្រសិទ្ធ បាន​និយាយ​ថា លោក ​ចង់​ឃើញ​​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​​នានា​របស់​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី​ដាក់​ទុន​រក​ស៊ី​​ក្នុង ​វិស័យ​កសិកម្ម​នៅ​កម្ពុជា ដើម្បី​ជួយ​ប្រទេស​នេះ​​ប្រែក្លាយ​​វាល​ស្រែ​ទៅ​ជា​អង្ករ។

លោក​និយាយ​ថា "យើង​​ចង់​ឲ្យ​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី​មក​រក​ស៊ី​នៅកម្ពុជា។ ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​ទាំង​នោះ​អាច​ដាក់​ទុន​លើ​​ការ​​​កែច្នៃអង្ករ (កិន​ស្រូវ) ហើយ​នាំ​ចេញ​អង្ករ​ទៅ​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី។

"​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​បើក​ទ្វារ​ស្វាគមន៍​ជានិច្ច។ ក្រុម​ទាំងនោះ​អាច​បើក​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​លក់​ជី និង​ពូជស្រូវ។

លោក​ ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ​ក៏​បានលើក​ទឹក​ចិត្ត​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី​ឲ្យ​ទទួល​បាន​ផល​ចំណេញ​ពី​ ការ​រក្សា ឬ​ស្តុក​អង្ករ​ក្នុង​តម្លៃ​ថោក​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាដែរ។ 

មន្ត្រី​មក​ពី​​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន ហ្គាលូ ប្រាប៊ូ ទ្រីចាយ៉ា ដែល​ជា​ក្រុម​​ហ៊ុនពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​ឥណ្ឌូណេស៊ី​ ហើយ​កំពុង​ដំណើរ​ការ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ​បាន​ស្វាគមន៍​​ចំពោះ​ការ​ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា​​លើ​កិច្ច​ព្រម​ព្រៀងនោះ។

កិច្ច​ព្រម​ព្រៀងនេះ​នឹង​ជួយ​​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​នេះ​ធានា​បាន​កិច្ច​ព្រមព្រៀង​ ​នាំចូល​ម៉ាស៊ីន​កិន​ស្រូវ​​តម្លៃ​មួយ​ពាន់​លាន​ដុល្លារ​​ពី​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូណេ ​ស៊ី ក្នុង​រយៈ​ពេល​ប្រាំឆ្នាំ​ខាងមុខ។

Annual Conference Addresses Garment Woes

Annual Conference Addresses Garment Woes: "Cambodia lost nearly 100 factories and 40,000 jobs last year in the wake of the global financial crisis, a government official said Monday, though some other factories have since opened and put more people to work. (14 December 2009)"

Japanese investors on tour in Cambodia

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PHNOM PENH, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of Japanese investors has arrived in Cambodia to learn about the country's economic potentialities and investment opportunities, official news agency AKP reported on Tuesday.
    
The 21-member delegation was received here on Monday by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers Sok An.
    
During the meeting, Sok An talked about Cambodia's agricultural sector, a priority of Cambodia, saying that the royal government has paid attention to build agricultural infrastructure and seek for markets for the agricultural products.
    
Sok An further informed his guests of other potential sectors in Cambodia, including tourism, garment and construction. "Cambodia has benefited from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) from many developed countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, the U.S and European countries", he said, adding that the royal government has been planning to operate the stock exchange market by 2010.
    

For its part, the visiting Japanese delegation said it has lots of investment experience in the fields of real estate and stock exchange market. Delegates also expressed their interest in the future Cambodian stock exchange. 

Source: Xinhua, China View

Cambodia's Garment Workers Hit by Recession

By Ker Yann, VOA Khmer
Video Editor: Manilene Ek
10 November 2009

Over the last decade economic growth has helped lift Cambodia out of its poverty. The signs were everywhere; bustling construction sites around Phnom Penh ; young workers filing into factories, filling orders for eager clients abroad.

More than 400,000 jobs in the textile industry fuelled the hopes of many young women whose earnings in the city helped support their extended families in the countryside. 

Ny Sopheak: "I worked in the packing section of a textile factory. I earned sometimes $60 a month from the factory work and I sent $10 a month to my father."

But that factory, like dozens of others, has now closed. The global recession scared investors and shut down factories.

Twenty-three-year-old Ny Sopheak, like 50,000 other Cambodians, recently lost her job in the garment industry.

This in a country where not having a job can mean not eating, or perhaps just having one meal a day.

Ny Sopheak: "Since I don't have enough food I feel so weak and I often get sick."

Today Ny is sharing one egg and some rice with her roommate, Horn Devy who also lost her factory job. That's one egg between two people. Horn feels she can't go on much longer.

Horn Devy: "It's very difficult. It's a hard life, living in a small room like this."

Horn is only 15 years old. She was sent to work to help out her family, small time farmers and basket weavers who can't make ends meet.

Horn's mother says she worries about her, so young, and away from the family. Even so, she wanted Horn to earn money, so that her brothers can finish school.

But having lost her job, Horn has gone from providing for her family to becoming an extra burden. Asked how she feels about this, she says,

Horn Devy: "It's hard to say. I am starving. When you have no food it's very difficult to feel anything."

Her story is unusual because of her young age, but all over Cambodia's capital there are women who are falling into abject poverty as they lose their jobs in the textile factories.

Meanwhile, thousands of factory workers have turned to the streets to pressure the government to guarantee their jobs, their incomes, and their access to food.

And while Cambodia has been hard-hit, other countries are worried too. Guaranteeing the availability of food for everyone is now an urgent issue for governments across Asia-Pacific.

Many governments are now looking at how to invest in agriculture, to stem tide of migration towards the cities, and to help make food more affordable.

But textile factories too, are needed. If they keep closing, experts worry that much of the progress achieved in places like Cambodia, in education, in economic development, and in human rights, could be at risk; and with it the future of the entire generation.
Information for this report was provided by APTN.

Development bank predicts Cambodian economy to shrink this year

Phnom Penh - The Asian Development Bank has revised downward its prediction for Cambodia's gross domestic product this year, saying it now expects the kingdom's economy to shrink 1.5 per cent.

It had previously forecast modest growth for 2009.
  
In its update released Tuesday, the bank blamed worse-than-expected garment export figures, less construction activity and fewer tourism arrivals. Along with agriculture, these sectors make up the four pillars of Cambodia's economy.
  
However, the bank said it expected matters would improve next year, albeit at a much lower rate than the double-digit annual growth the country has enjoyed for much of this decade.
  
'Growth is projected to resume in 2010 at about 3.5 per cent as a gradual recovery in the global economy stimulates clothing exports and tourism,' the bank's Asian Development Outlook 2009 Update said. 'That should provide support for growth in incomes and consumption.'
  
The bank said the decline in construction was because of falling foreign direct investment in the sector, particularly from South Korea.
  
South Korean companies have invested heavily in Cambodia's property sector in recent years, helping to propel land prices to record highs and creating a bubble that burst last year.
  
The bank noted that local inflation had dropped faster than expected and ascribed the trend to lower food and oil prices internationally.
  
'The inflation rate for 2009 is now forecast at just 0.8 per cent, revised down,' the bank said. 'It is expected to quicken to about 5 per cent in 2010, reflecting higher prices for imported oil and the improvement in domestic demand.'
  
Tourism numbers were down 3 per cent through April although the bank said it expected arrivals to pick up later in 2009 in line with predictions from Cambodia's Tourism Ministry.
  
Imports dropped by 18.1 per cent in the first half of 2009 with exports down 10.3 per cent although the bank said the rate of decline in exports could slow.