Locally-owned firm i7 Ranch Co Ltd last week signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with three state-run educational institutions to promote agricultural education in Cambodia, especially in cattle raising and breeding skills.
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina encourages lecturers at the Prek Leap National Institute of Agriculture to pursue their mission of imparting knowledge to students. Each specialised faculty, he noted, has made a valuable contribution to the Kingdom’s development.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court of Appeal will relocate from its current location to new premises in the OCIC development area in Chroy Changvar district.
After graduating with a Master’s degree in agriculture, Yun Sophat was offered a good job working in Australia. But he always kept in mind that he would return to Cambodia to use his skills to help the Kingdom develop. “So I turned it down and returned home. I never wanted to leave my country, but knew that when I returned, I would be able to contribute,” Yun Sophat told The Post.
An agriculture lover since childhood, Hach Chhorn won a scholarship to pursue his studies at Prek Leap National Institute of Agriculture before entering the sector. After seeing his contemporaries in neighbouring countries raising Japanese snails – which can be sold at high prices – Chhorn decided to try raising them. He now farms three varieties, cherry, butter and durian snails.