David Lane to visit rural communities in Cambodia

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, David Lane, will conduct a visit to Cambodia from December 9-10, to visit rural communities
 

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- U.S. Ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, David Lane, will conduct a visit to Cambodia from December 9-10, to visit rural communities, according to a U.S. press release.

He will lead journalists from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam to observe how the United States and the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies collaborate to support farmers, businesses, and government officials to improve food security and promote agricultural development in Cambodia, the release said.

During the visit, he and the journalists, will visit various projects run by the U.S. Government, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Program (WFP), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

These projects include USAID HARVEST projects focused on improving nutrition through home gardens and fish ponds; WFP school meals and food scholarship programs (funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture) as well as food distribution for WFP’s Maternal and Child Health Program; an FAO project to improve farming systems and markets for smallholder farmers, and a visit to their avian influenza laboratory; and projects promoted and funded by IFAD which provide innovative training packages for poor farmers to increase their profitability, the press release added.