Agricultural Marketing Office
The Agricultural Marketing Office (AMO) of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is positioned as one of the ten offices and units of the Department of Planning, Statistics, and International Cooperation (DPS), within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (MAFF).
The Agricultural Marketing Office was established in 1997. Its mandate is to:
- Formulate policies and strategies for market development and an agricultural marketing system.
- Give comments and recommendations for strengthening the agricultural marketing system.
- Prepare norms and manage standards of agricultural products leading to the exportation of agricultural products.
- Collect information on wholesale and retail sales of agricultural products in local markets.
- Analyze and interpret price movement and variables of agricultural products in international markets; arrange programs for daily broadcasting by radio and by television; compile agricultural product price bulletins.
- Make recommendations about the export-import of agricultural products, manage data, analyze and evaluate market economic effectiveness.
- Follow up the situation of food and nutrition.
- Study and implement agricultural market development, effectiveness and influence on living standards. q Provide market information service and guide farmers on agricultural marketing and the agricultural economy.
- Collaborate and coordinate with private companies concerning marketing and exportation issues.
- Undertake other duties as given by leaders of the Department.