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Cambodia earns $ 77.4 mln from milled rice export to China in first 5 months
Cambodia exported 118,041 tons of milled rice to China in the first five months of 2023, earning $ 77.4 million in revenue, said the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF)’s press release on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501305365/cambodia-earns-77-4-mln-from-milled-rice-export-to-china-in-first-5-months/
Farmers warned to prep for imminent droughts
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has issued a warning to farmers regarding forecasts of an upcoming drought. It urged farmers to prepare for the absence of rain, in order to prevent any negative impact on paddy rice production. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farmers-warned-prep-imminent-droughts
Jan-Apr rubbers exports bounce up 38%: GDCE
Cambodia earned $206.728 million from the export of “rubber and articles thereof” in the first four months of 2023, up 38.0 per cent year-on-year from $149.808 million and up 22.7 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $168.5 million, according to provisional Customs (GDCE) ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-apr-rubbers-exports-bounce-38-gdce
Rice firm collaborates with Dutch stakeholders for sustainable agriculture development
Rice miller and exporter Amru Rice (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. and buyers, representative from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, development partners, and donors held here earlier this week a discussion on the promotion of organic agriculture, rice and sustainable agriculture practice in Mondulkiri province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301016/rice-firm-collaborates-with-dutch-stakeholders-for-sustainable-agriculture-development/
IBIS organic rice project expanding
Keo Socheat, executive director of the Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP), said that more than 2,000 farming households are now planting organic paddy rice through the IBIS project. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ibis-organic-rice-project-expanding
Q1 cassava exports top a million tonnes
Cambodia exported nearly 1.031 million tonnes of cassava in either fresh, dried, powder or pulp/residue form in the first three months of 2023, of which nearly three-quarters went to Thailand, according to agriculture ministry data, as local reports suggest that prices for the tubers in ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/q1-cassava-exports-top-million-tonnes
Stung Treng seeks investors for cashew development
In future, Stung Treng province will attract investment in large factories and manufacturing enterprises that will process agricultural raw materials into value-added processed products, particularly cashew nuts, which have been recognised for their commercial potential, officials said. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/stung-treng-seeks-investors-cashew-development
S Treng seeks investors for cashew development
In future, Stung Treng province will attract investment in large factories and manufacturing enterprises that will process agricultural raw materials into value-added processed products, particularly cashew nuts, which have been recognised for their commercial potential, officials said. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/s-treng-seeks-investors-cashew-development
Cambodia’s milled rice export up 3.5 pct in Q1
Cambodia exported 176,581 tons of milled rice in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, up 3.5 percent from 170,539 tons in the same period last year, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a report released on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501279579/cambodias-milled-rice-export-up-3-5-pct-in-q1/
The cassava-boom undermining a leading conservation program
Sam Sak stands amidst a landscape of cleared earth, surrounded by cassava stems planted like flags to claim their place inside the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Jack Brook and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/the-cassava-boom-undermining-a-leading-conservation-program/
Officials to Mondulkiri farmers: Grow white cabbages
Authorities are encouraging farmers in Mondulkiri province to grow white cabbages (Brassica oleracea var capitata f alba), citing favourable weather and high demand. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/officials-mondulkiri-farmers-grow-white-cabbages
Introducing Champei Sar 70, Cambodia’s new fragrant rice variety
Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Wednesday launched a new fragrance rice variety named Champei Sar 70 (CPS 70) after nearly a decade of research and development, said a press statement. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501269060/introducing-champei-sar-70-cambodias-new-fragrant-rice-variety/
Cambodian agri exports rise 7.8% to 8.6M tonnes
Cambodia formally exported 8.6 million tonnes of agricultural products to 74 markets last year worth nearly $5 billion, up 7.8 per cent from the 7.9 million tonnes booked in 2021, as agriculture contributed 22.2 per cent of the Kingdom’s 2022 gross domestic product (GDP), according ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-agri-exports-rise-78-86m-tonnes
‘Kampot-Kep Salt’ GI association to be created ‘soon’
The process of establishing an association to represent and manage the “Kampot-Kep Salt” name once the commodity has been awarded domestic geographical indication (GI) status – expected late next month – is “progressing smoothly”, reported Bun Narin, the group’s acting president and number-one candidate for ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampot-kep-salt-gi-association-be-created-soon
$100M in rice financing set to ratchet up productivity
The rice industry has applauded government plans to invest an additional $100 million in the near future, towards ramping up production of the grains as well as the procurement of paddy for export-oriented processing. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/100m-rice-financing-set-ratchet-productivity
PM Hun Sen supports the outcome of two new varieties of rice
Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his full support to two new varieties of rice recently introduced to the farmers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501262044/pm-hun-sen-supports-the-outcome-of-two-new-varieties-of-rice/
Prey Veng, the biggest rice producer in Cambodia
Prey Veng is the leading province in Cambodia in terms of rice production for local consumption and export to foreign markets, affirmed Chea Somethy, Governor of Prey Veng province, at a press conference in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501261721/prey-veng-the-biggest-rice-producer-in-cambodia/
Rubber exports edge up even as prices drop
Cambodia netted $79.370 million from the export of natural rubber latex and wood in the first two months of 2023, marking a slight increase year-on-year, even amid a decline in prices on international markets for the locally-produced white sap, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-edge-even-prices-drop
Cambodia misses target of exporting 1m tons of rice
Hun Sen said on Monday Cambodia has not been successful in exporting one million tons of rice because of a lack of processing basics, including rice mills, dry ovens, and capital. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-misses-target-of-exporting-1m-tons-of-rice
‘Cambodia to be main cashew exporter’
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia could become one of the main cashew nut producers and exporters in the world, and added the commodity has the potential but limitations of processing. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501246447/cambodia-to-be-main-cashew-exporter/
Promotion of Cambodia’s rice sector discussed
The promotion of Cambodia’s rice sector was further discussed between Ministry of Commerce and Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) to be able to penetrate more foreign markets, especially the European Union (EU) markets. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244826/promotion-of-cambodias-rice-sector-discussed/
Pact to boost coffee value chain development in Mondulkiri province
A local supplier of coffee beans Kofi Co Ltd and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation have entered into a collaboration to boost sustainable coffee value chain development in Mondulkiri province. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243074/pact-to-boost-coffee-value-chain-development-in-mondulkiri-province/
Cambodia produced more than 11 million tonnes of rice last year
Farmers around the country saw success in the cultivation of rice last year despite hard weather conditions bringing an extended rainy season and achieved 110.40 percent of the planned rice cultivation for 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501241911/cambodia-produced-more-than-11-million-tonnes-of-rice-last-year/
Rain, cold weather expected to dampen cashew nut output
The Cashew nut Association of Cambodia (CAC) requested that relevant authorities speed up the implementation of a national cashew nut policy amid unfavourable weather conditions that experts predict will lower Cambodia’s overall cashew output for 2023. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rain-cold-weather-expected-dampen-cashew-nut-output