Federal Ministry of Environment and rice Cambodia registered Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Impact Assessment
Phnom Penh: A Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry and the Federation of Cambodian Rice on Environmental Impact Assessment 'was signed on October 07, 2016 at the Ministry of the Environment by Sam Al minister and health Puthyvuth Rice Federation Cambodia. The signing of a memorandum of understanding to demonstrate (1). Implementation of the policy of the Royal Government of Cambodia in rice exports to 1 million tonnes per year (2). Encouraging and thoughtful farmers, entrepreneurs and investors in the production of rice for export to foreign countries (3). Improve the quality of rice in Cambodia without chemicals and have the confidence of customers and (4). Developing rice processing mills and sustainable environment. The basic grinding grain and is a project that requires environmental impact assessment report. Mr. Sam Al Minister of Environment, said the Ministry considers that in order to encourage farmers and help reduce poverty, along with attracting local investors abroad to invest as much on the plan to create milling and processing rice, and in particular the Ministry has seen the types of these projects have a size negative impact on the environment and society so little, the Ministry decided to type projects created mills and rice processing makes only a contract environmental protection with comes with a management plan for its environment.
