Fake potash reduces rice profits and farm output
A senior agricultural official is concerned by the prevalence of fake fertilizers that cause stunted rice crops and reduce farmers’ profits. Ngin Chhay, director of the Rice Crops Department in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, told the Development Research Forum in Phnom Penh yesterday the products were ...
Fish output likely to drop
Fishery resources could fall this year because of a lack of flooding along rivers and waterways impeding fish from travelling freely or finding food to encourage their growth, a fishery official says. Sam Nov, deputy general director of Fishery Administration at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102459389/Business/fish-output-likely-to-drop.html
Officials worry over tiny rise in rice exports
Cambodian milled rice exports grew by only 0.52 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from the government. Officials have expressed concern over Cambodia’s ability to reach its export target of ...
Finance ministry prepared to launch ‘CamDL’
The Ministry of Economy and Finance said in a statement that Cambodia Distributed Ledger (CamDL) is a “hybrid permissioned blockchain” designed to provide the public with a platform for testing, understanding, experimenting and developing Decentralised Applications (Dapp), or those in the Web3 space, to solve ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/finance-ministry-prepared-launch-camdl
Workers Protest at Factory Linked to Manhattan SEZ
More than 3,000 factory workers protested yesterday at the Manhattan Quing Dao Textiles Corp in Kompong Cham Province’s Kompong Siem District to demand that the factory owner abide by an Arbitration Council Ruling issued in late 2010, a union representative said yesterday. The factory web site ...
Open Development Cambodia has updated 18 new Natural Protected Areas (NPAs)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing Cambodia’s 18 new Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) in two languages(Khmer and English). Together with the website’s map web tool, this profile page aims to provide the most up-to-date information of the country’s natural ...
Digital platform for sustainable charcoal production in the works
An innovative digital platform for the government is being developed to promote the sustainable production and consumption of charcoal. It’s the work of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which partnered with the Group for Environment, Renewable Energies and Solidarity (Geres), the Regional Community Forestry ...
Innovation and inspiration are the basis of BarCamp
BarCamp Phnom Penh, a technology conference at the University of Puthisastra, promises to attract industry professionals from ASEAN countries, the US, Germany and other countries around the world later this month, Be Chantra, lead organiser of the conference, says. Be Chantra says BarCamp Phnom Penh is ...
New twist in Cambodian sugar firm saga
Taiwanese food supplier Ve Wong, one of two sugar company owners locked in a long-running battle with villagers in Koh Kong’s Sre Ambel district, has made an eyebrow-raising offer – to give the disputed land back. The company’s offer, posted to the non-profit Business and Human ...
City's Water Authority Open to Bids
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will begin taking bids from investors tomorrow in order to determine the price and number of shares it will issue during its long-awaited initial public offering on Cambodia’s stock exchange, the company’s general director said yesterday. Investors will ...
Open Development Cambodia has added one new features of Poipet PP SEZ on Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing on 37 Special Economic Zones in Cambodia along with comprehensive references which are accessible and available in bilingual versions, Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map web tool, this profile page aims ...
Open Development Cambodia has added one new features of Intervia Automobile Industry Complex SEZ on Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing on 38 Special Economic Zones in Cambodia along with comprehensive references which are accessible and available in bilingual versions, Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map web tool, this profile page aims ...
S. Korea's Booyoung to build new town in Cambodia
Booyoung Co., a mid-sized South Korean conglomerate, said Tuesday that it broke ground for one of the largest housing projects in Cambodia, a project Cambodia hopes to spur foreign investments. Booyoung said it will build 40 apartments and seven residential and commercial complexes on 2.7 square ...
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Drought continues to hurt rice farmers
Farmers in provinces across the Kingdom are feeling the effects of drought after a month of dry weather in which an estimated 10,000 hectares of rice seedlings were destroyed and 135,000 hectares left at risk, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. A report from ...
Drought hits rice exports
Rice exports this year had been flat compared to last year because of the many challenges growers were facing, insiders said this week. The data shows exports were no better than last year for the same period, as exports for the first eight months of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082158176/Business/drought-hits-rice-exports.html
ODC Meets Open Knowledge Festival 2014
ODC Design Team Leader, Huy Eng, was supported by the OKFestival Foundation to attend the Open Knowledge Festival 2014, which took place July 15–17 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The event was held at the Kulturbrauerei, an aesthetically beautiful piece of architecture originally built and operated ...
Open Development Cambodia has added one new feature of Cambodia-Sino Metallic Material SEZ on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) profile page
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing on 39 Special Economic Zones in Cambodia along with comprehensive references which are accessible and available in bilingual versions, Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map web tool, this profile page aims ...
Construction on submarine cable yet to begin
Web surfers and social-media addicts will have to hold out longer in the wait for Cambodia to boost its internet speeds, as construction on the Kingdom’s first submarine internet cable is behind schedule. Paul Blanche-Horgan, CEO of Ezecom, Cambodia’s largest internet provider, confirmed yesterday that the ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-submarine-cable-yet-begin
Women slow to climb Cambodia's market
Women’s economic roles in Cambodia have made slower progress than in many other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, World Bank economists said yesterday. The region as a whole has seen tremendous gains in the way of gender equality during the past 20 years, but increasing wages ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012061956865/Business/women-not-on-top-in-market.html