"One-Village, One-Product" Movement to Help Poverty Reduction in CambodiaSok An, Minister of Council of the Royal Government, said Saturday that Japan's "One-Village, One Product" movement will help promote economic development in Cambodia.At a seminar on the one-village, one-product movement held in the Inter-Continental Hotel, Morihiko Hiramatsu, governor of Oita prefecture of Japan, said that the aim of the movement is to take advantage of each district to create some special products so as to speed up development of local economy. Since the creation of the movement in 1979, this movement is now promoted globally in China, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and the United States, he added. The cabinet minister said that as Cambodia is a poor country, the movement is of significance in the development of rural economy, in particular in the development of agriculture and handicraft, and in poverty reduction. Sok An expressed that the Royal government has been attaching importance to study of foreign experiences and models. He said that the movement accords with the economic guidelines, so the authorities would practice it in economic development, especially in agricultural plantation, livestock feed and farm produce processing. |
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