RECLAIMING THE FIELDS

New hope for some farmers in Cambodia

Government official on the legacy of war: ‘Cambodia is not the country that produces explosive items. We are the victims of the world’

By Carolyn Freundlich

BATTAMBANG, Cambodia — In this country once ravaged by war, many farmers are still afraid to work their land because of unexploded ordnance left behind from decades of conflict. But there’s also new hope, at least for some farm families, as clearance efforts are making the fields safe again.

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