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Thnot d’Or awards to be held for agronomy and food processing
The Kinal Foundation, in collaboration with the French Agency for Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will hold the 2019 Thnot d’Or Awards for agronomy and food processing on Saturday. The second Thnot d’Or Awards ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thnot-dor-awards-be-held-agronomy-and-food-processing
Chamkar Mon water treatment plant to be ready by November 2019
The water treatment plant in Chamkar Mon will come online next year, with construction work to expand the facility expected to end November 2019, according to the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
France loans €30M for water plant expansion
The French Agency for Development has granted a 30 million euro, or $31.1 million, loan for the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) to expand one of its four water plants and increase its water distribution in the capital. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/france-loans-eu30m-water-plant-expansion
Palm sugar's GI status
Kampong Speu palm sugar is expected to receive its geographical indication (GI) status certification from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development by the end of this year, according to an official from the Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion Association (KSPSPA). Mr. Sok Sarang, ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29070/palm-sugar-s-gi-status/
Prisons granted more funds to develop libraries
Cambodian’s prison libraries are set to receive an extra $600,000 in funding from the French Agency for Development and literacy NGO Sipar, according to a statement released yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24670/prisons-granted-more-funds-to-develop-libraries/
AFD loan ‘will bring power to rural areas’
The French Agency for Development (AFD) announced yesterday that it will provide $24 million to finance privately owned water and power providers to supply rural areas that state-run utilities cannot reach. During a ceremony held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the AFD and the ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/afd-loan-%E2%80%98will-bring-power-rural-areas%E2%80%99
France fronts $359 million
The French Agency for Development (AFD) has pledged $359 million in grants and loans to Cambodia over the next three years, state news agency AKP reported Friday. ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/france-fronts-359-million
French give $26 million for irrigation
The French Agency for Development will provide $26 million in loans to the Cambodian government to rehabilitate irrigation systems across three provinces in the northwest. Speaking at the signing ceremony for the deal yesterday, Aun Pornmoniroth, the Minister of Economy and Finance, said the new systems ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/french-give-26-million-irrigation