Agriculture
Agricultural commodities, processing and products
Non-timber forest products in Angkor Park provide lifeline to Angkor villagers
Willughbeia edulis, Korlan, Burmese grape, and some wild fruits have already started to be harvested from the forest in Angkor Park, providing additional income for local people, said the APSARA National Authority. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1052779/non-timber-forest-products-in-angkor-park-provide-lifeline-to-angkor-villagers/
IBIS Rice programme set to recruit more farmers
The Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP) announced it is recruiting farmers to join its IBIS Rice programme. Members will carry out organic rice cultivation and wildlife rescue in four provinces – Stung Treng, Ratanakkiri, Mondulkiri and Preah Vihear. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ibis-rice-programme-set-recruit-more-farmers
Rubber latex, wood exports worth over $77M in Jan-Feb
Cambodia netted more than $77 million from rubber latex and wood exports in the first two months of 2022, according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s General Directorate of Rubber. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-latex-wood-exports-worth-over-77m-jan-feb
Mondulkiri wild honey earns protected GI status
The protected Geographical Indication (GI) of Mondulkiri wild honey will be officially celebrated on March 27 at the Sen Monorom Park in Moldulkiri province’s Sen Monorom town, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mondulkiri-wild-honey-earns-protected-gi-status
China pledges to purchase more rice
Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to increase the country’s imports of milled rice from Cambodia and indicated its willingness to purchase other agricultural products from the Kingdom after a free trade agreement (FTA) came into force. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-pledges-purchase-more-rice
Dry season rice cultivation exceeding plans: ministry
Dry-season rice cultivation has already exceeded the amount planned by more than a third, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dry-season-rice-cultivation-exceeding-plans-ministry
ARDB approves $30M in rice industry loans
The Agricultural and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia (ARDB) has approved $30 million in loans to the rice industry for the construction of warehouses and drying silos in four provinces, as it revealed plans to set up mobile offices in five more sites to reach ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-approves-30m-rice-industry-loans
Battambang may list pineapple, paddy as collective brands
The Battambang provincial Department of Commerce is eyeing two more promising agricultural products typical of the province to register as “collective brands”, in a bid to nurture and preserve the knowledge and traditions of local growers, and provide an ideal springboard for more sightseers to ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/battambang-may-list-pineapple-paddy-collective-brands
No major impact on rice exports from Ukraine war: CRF
The Russia-Ukraine war will have no significant influence on Cambodian milled-rice exports, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/no-major-impact-rice-exports-ukraine-war-crf
400K tonnes of cassava for SW China
Cambodia will export 400,000 tonnes of dried cassava to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region “from March 2022 to March 2023”, under a new agreement between the Ministry of Commerce and the southwestern Chinese region, according to the ministry. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/400k-tonnes-cassava-sw-china
Cambodia, FAO say innovation key to food security, rising income
Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Wednesday that agricultural innovations hold key to sustainable production intensification and increasing farmers’ income. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1026697/cambodia-fao-say-innovation-key-to-food-security-rising-income/
Botum Sakor residents defiant as authorities threaten to clear shelters
Koh Kong authorities have threatened to tear down shelters built by residents of Botum Sakor district on land the locals say was taken from them by sugarcane plantations run by CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat. ...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/botum-sakor-residents-defiant-as-authorities-threaten-to-clear-shelters/
Rice exports close January with a bang
Cambodia exported more than $96.3 million worth of milled and paddy rice in the first month of this year, providing positive signs for the industry on the whole, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-close-january-bang
Mixed emotions as EU revokes import tariffs on long grain Cambodian rice
With the EU rolling back import tariffs on long grain white rice from Cambodia and Myanmar, market participants expect a rise in shipments from Cambodian exporters who were however still skeptical due to continued high freight rates. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501009558/mixed-emotions-as-eu-revokes-import-tariffs-on-long-grain-cambodian-rice/
Cassava exports up nearly 22.1%
The Kingdom exported 2,793,729.92 tonnes of cassava in 2021, up by nearly 22.1 per cent from a year earlier, as industry players note that domestic wholesale prices of the tubers remain elevated compared with average 2020 rates. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-exports-nearly-221
Processed cashew nut export to Japan to hit new high
Chey Sambo Cashew Nut Processing Handicraft in Kampong Thom province has planned to scale up the amount of processed cashew nuts for exports to Japan this year, after experiencing successful exports last year, which resulted in huge support in the Japanese market. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501007944/processed-cashew-nut-export-to-japan-to-hit-new-high/
Vietnam buys 80 pct of Cambodia’s agriculture exports
Vietnam bought nearly 80 percent of Cambodia’s nearly $5 billion worth of agriculture exports last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004581/vietnam-buys-80-pct-of-cambodias-agriculture-exports/
Non-rice agricultural product export nets $3.16 Billion in 2021
Cambodia exported some 5.18 million tonnes of non-rice agricultural products in 2021, a 48.14 percent increase compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501000187/non-rice-agricultural-product-export-nets-3-16-billion-in-2021/
Peppercorn exports sprout 457% to nearly 28K tonnes
Cambodia shipped out about 27,730.07 tonnes of peppercorn – both geographical indication- (GI) branded Kampot pepper and non-GI cultivars – in the first 11 months of 2021, up 456.53 per cent year-on-year, with Vietnam as the top buyer, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/peppercorn-exports-sprout-457-nearly-28k-tonnes
Rice exports top 3M tonnes in Jan-Oct
Even as a shipping-container shortage and rising transportation costs stymie the growth of milled rice exports to European and other Western markets, Cambodia managed to ship out 3,119,829 tonnes of the crop abroad, worth $957.30 million, in the first 10 months of 2021, according to ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-top-3m-tonnes-jan-oct
Milled-rice exports surge 43% in Jul-Sept
Cambodia exported 130,248 tonnes of milled rice in July-September valued at more than $81 million, representing a 42.95-per-cent rise in volume from the 91,115 tonnes posted in the same period last year, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) reported earlier this week. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/milled-rice-exports-surge-43-jul-sept
Agricultural exports up 46 percent in first nine months
Some 3,894,485 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first nine months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50945748/agricultural-exports-up-46-percent-in-first-nine-months/
Droughts caused about $100 million in rice-production losses
Rice production losses caused by droughts came to an estimated $100 million in the Kingdom, a Ministry of Environment report said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50943617/droughts-caused-about-100-million-in-rice-production-losses/
Spice community ready to enter into Mena region
The Cambodia Pepper and Spices Federation (CPSF), in collaboration with USAID-funded Feed the Future Cambodia Harvest II project (Harvest II), on September 20 virtually launched the “Export Mission to the Middle East and North Africa” programme. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/spice-community-ready-enter-mena-region