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$14.6 million will be invested for agricultural productivity growth and diversity in selected highly food-insecure and economically depressed areas.

Rice-SDP helps implement the Government of Cambodia’s policy to promote paddy production and rice export to improve household and national food security and to expand rice seed quality, yields, post-harvest technology, and export potential by increasing access to finance, equipment, and infrastructure. The project aims to transform the country’s rice subsector from predominantly subsistence into commercially oriented by removing the legal and regulatory constraints that inhibit rice commercialization, improving the productivity of paddy crops and consistency in the quality of milled rice, enhancing the rice value chain and addressing climate change-associated risks through mitigation and adaptation. Activities include rehabilitating irrigation systems, establishing paddy drying and storage facilities in partnership with private rice millers and rural development banks, renovating a seed testing laboratory, and introducing weather-indexed crop insurance. ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç extended the project closing date from 30 September 2021 to 30 September 2023 mainly to accommodate the implementation of additional financing received in September 2020 to support responses to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.