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Monday 17 October 2011

Rice sector seen as more important than garments

Monday, 17 October 2011
Stuart Alan Becker
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David Van.
Phnom Penh Post

Cambodians stand to gain a lot more wealth out of the development of efficient rice farming and milling, compared to the garment sector for example, according to one of the organisers of the Cambodia Rice Forum, rice consultant David Van.

Van conceptualised the Cambodia Rice Forum and launched it as a purely private-sector initiative to drive the rice sector further through an organisation called FASMEC
(Federation of Associations of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of Cambodia).

“Rice is very much the opposite of the garment sector. The garment sector today is doing most of the exporting, but what’s the real benefit in terms of added value for the Cambodian people?” Van says.

“The major profit is for foreign-owned companies. The Cambodian only makes a salary,” Van says.

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