Yang Saing Koma (Khmer: យ៉ង សាំងកុមារ, * 1966 in Tram Kak District, Takeo Province) is the founder of theCambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) and renowned for his creative fusion of practical science and collective will that has inspired and enabled farmers inCambodia. He is recipient of theRamon Magsaysay Award.[1][2][3][4]
Yang Saing Koma currently is a member of the Central Committee of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP)[5] and Secretary of State in the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. He is in charge of the Sixth Priority Policy for the deployment of 1,600 Commune Agricultural Officers (CAOs) for agricultural extension.[6]
