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This paper provides a preliminary assessment of the food security situation in Cambodia. It identifies the nature of food insecurity in Cambodia, arguing that access, rather than availability, is the key problem. It also reveals the way in which a diverse range of agro-ecological, institutional, macro-economic, market, security and social-structural conditions affect food security at national and household levels. The author asserts that although certain government and international agencies identify food security as a priority development issue, they have not put in place policies, programs or projects that address directly or systematically food security problems.