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PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Australia is stepping in to aid Cambodian farmers in enhancing their agricultural prowess, focusing on the skouy chicken breed.

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina has described his vision of ensuring that each of the fisheries communities recognised by the ministry will become sustainable and independent.

There are more than 1,000 agricultural cooperatives across Cambodia. While the majority are succeeding and generating additional income for their members, some are inactive.

Fast growing crops like lettuce, cabbage or kale are often grown once or twice a year, but few of Cambodian farmers opt to plant and harvest such produce year round.

Clay pottery usually takes the form of pots and pans or kitchen utensils and occasionally items for home decoration done in simple and traditional forms. But a young man in Siem Reap is making mud into more beautiful and luxurious ceramics which are now being sold abroad.