What are ways of maximizing food production in Cambodia?

Question

When devising my plan, i need to list and weigh the pros and cons of at least three alternative methods for maximizing food production, what one would be the most successful and why?

Answer 1

There is one that you will need to be careful with. A controled economy with a unified plan and direction that is based on the communist collective farming system. It did have some advantages in Russia and China, but the politics of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge are a horrible sore spot because of the literal millions who died during the social "reeducation" process. In theory, the collectives have efficiencies and economies of scale that could be useful, but Pol Pot's historical baggage would be worse than if you proposed reinstituting black slavery into the United States. Incensed and angry howls would be deafening.

Another plan along capitalistic similar lines, would be to introduce corporate farming incentives from abroad. Companies like Coke and Pepsi have introduced a minor revolution in agricultural production to India (see Fortune magazine article in money.cnn.com below). Getting more farmers to contract for ag products grown, harvested, and prepared to export standards provides some cash flow and provides carry-over ag methods training.

A third involves direct growth involvment by government in cooperation with some international aid program (pitch it to Bill Gates and Warren Buffet's charitable trust) that provides training, support prices, appropriate ag resources (seed, tools, etc.), production, storage, and distribution programs with wage and price subsidies paid by the source of aid. This is akin to a cross between plans 1 and 2, yet without the historical baggage and the more mercenary appearance of the Coke and Pepsi 'grow stuff for us' limits on scope and production.

Either way, old methods will have to change and change is risky. Risks are often not taken without a safetynet, so price supports or direct production contracts are needed. Care needs to be made for accountability by global business standards, else a bureacracy with opportunity for corruption such as has hamstrung India and Zimbabwe will result.

Answer 2

First,you should tell what products do you want to produce?