ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses relief efforts within Kampuchea — mostly programs to restore production. The relief programs of both the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and voluntary organizations began early the effort to stimulate agricultural recovery. FAO surveyed the state of animal health and brought in veterinarians, vaccines, and necessary equipment. After 1980, FAO concentrated its field mechanization assistance on spare parts and maintenance facilities. With the shortage of work animals and manpower, irrigation to permit a second crop in the dry season offers a good opportunity to increase production. The key evidence of socialist principles of organization in agriculture is in the nature of resource allocation and control. More funds could have been effectively used if Kampuchea had been willing to accept more technical help and if donors, particularly the United States, had not maintained so rigid a distinction between relief and development. Kampuchean central and provincial administrators have usually been amenable to some project monitoring.
