Agriculture Minister officials said that they would soon complete a new law to regulate and support the creation of farmers’ cooperatives. They said the law would allow farmers to organize themselves in legally recognized cooperatives, which could improve their market position and allow access to financial and technical support.
Chea Saintdona, chief of the farmers’ organization office at the department of agricultural extension at the Ministry of Agriculture, sad the draft law would be sent to the Council of Ministers after a final discussion of its contents this week. The law, he said, would provide big advantages to farmers that joined a cooperative. “They could get technical and financial support from the government partners,” Mr. Saintdona said. [Read full article…]
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