Agriculture and fishing
Agriculture
Cambodia lauds China’s support for agriculture and infrastructure development
The Royal Government of Cambodia has spoken highly of the contribution from the Chinese government to its development process, mainly in the areas of agriculture and infrastructure. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50934448/cambodia-lauds-chinas-support-for-agriculture-and-infrastructure-development/
Cambodia boosting agricultural product exports to China
The sanitary and phytosanitary standard on potential agricultural products are being negotiated to boost more exports from Cambodia to China. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50934440/cambodia-boosting-agricultural-product-exports-to-china/
Vietnam becomes leading market of Cambodia’s cashew nuts
Vietnam was the largest market of Cambodia’s cashew nuts in the first eight months of 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50933602/vietnam-becomes-leading-market-of-cambodias-cashew-nuts/
Kingdom in rubber forecast project
Cambodia has signed an agreement on a project to assess and forecast the impact of climate change and labour availability in natural rubber production chains in Southeast Asia, to promote growth and development in the regional sector, according to the General Directorate of Rubber on ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-rubber-forecast-project
Paddy exports surge as milled rice sales falter
Cambodia earned over $685 million from rice exports to international markets in the first eight months of 2021, as the volume of paddy sold abroad nearly doubled year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/paddy-exports-surge-milled-rice-sales-falter
AFD provides $1.8m grant to protect rubber sector in Cambodia
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Cambodian General Directorate of Rubber on Friday signed an agreement for a $1.8 million (1.5 million euro) regional grant to anticipate the possible effects of climate change and agricultural labour scarcity within the rubber industry in Southeast ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930382/afd-provides-1-8m-grant-to-protect-rubber-sector-in-cambodia/
More Cambodian farm produce enters Vietnam
Cambodia exported much bigger volumes of agricultural products to Vietnam in the first eight months of this year, said the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930456/more-cambodian-farm-produce-enters-vietnam/
RAC breeding buffalo at Preah Vihear park
The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) is continuing its efforts at buffalo conservation in the Kingdom with a total of 120 buffaloes having now been donated to the academy to be raised at its Techo Sen Russey Treb Park in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rac-breeding-buffalo-preah-vihear-park
Three thousand cattle now vaccinated for skin disease
The lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccination working group has vaccinated about 3,000 cattle since the campaign started throughout the country in late August, according to Animal Health and Production director-general Tan Phannara. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-thousand-cattle-now-vaccinated-skin-disease
Battambang to buy longan till Sept 13
The Battambang Provincial Administration has said it will continue to buy Ta Ngen and Kra’op (fragrant) longan directly from farmers till September 13, in an extension of a purchasing initiative meant to offset market stresses created by Covid-related export problems. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/battambang-buy-longan-till-sept-13
Cambodia’s pepper exports soar over 500 percent in first eight months
Cambodia has exported 24,847 tonnes of pepper to foreign markets in the first eight months of this year, according to Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50928495/cambodias-pepper-exports-soar-over-500-percent-in-first-eight-months/
Cashew exports grows by 340 percent
Figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries show that from January to August 2021, Cambodia exported about 876,521 tonnes of cashew products to foreign markets, a significant increase of 340 percent compared to the same period the previous year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50928483/cashew-exports-grows-by-340-percent/
Kingdom’s largest rice exporter leads farmers in diversifying crops
Amru Rice, Cambodia’s largest producer and exporter of the grain, is working with its farmers to diversify beyond the country’s largest agriculture product and grow other foodstuffs, including black pepper, cassava and cashews. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50926884/kingdoms-largest-rice-exporter-leads-farmers-in-diversifying-crops/
Farmers turn to technology in farming to reduce costs
Along with the development of modern technology, businesses in the agricultural sector have also introduced agricultural drone as a tool to assist the sector. Growing as well as reducing costs and saving time. ...
Post Staff
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-08-31-0910-222698.html
Cattle vaccination campaign to stop skin disease kicks off
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has launched a Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) vaccination campaign for cattle as the disease has spread to several provinces and infected more than 30,000 animals. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cattle-vaccination-campaign-stop-skin-disease-kicks
Industry prepares the ground for longan
Cambodian Xing Can Shi Pin Co Ltd has reportedly earmarked $11.2 million to set up a factory to process cashew nuts and produce dried mangoes, pineapples, jackfruits and longan, in Kampong Speu province’s northwesternmost Oral district, offering a ray of solace to the Kingdom’s beleaguered ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/industry-prepares-ground-longan
Ministry of Agriculture offers hotline for farmers needing assistance
The Ministry of Agriculture has published a list of phone contacts that include officials tasked to answer questions from farmers to help with their agricultural work. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50923295/ministry-of-agriculture-offers-hotline-for-farmers-needing-assistance/
Oz study plants roots for nine crops
The Cambodia-Australia Agricultural Value Chain (Cavac) programme on August 25 released a study identifying nine high-value crops with strong export potential in China, the EU, ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oz-study-plants-roots-nine-crops
Race against time for Chinese approval of longan shipments
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Pailin Longan Association (PLA) are fast-tracking negotiations for market access to China in a race against time to reach a prompt and meaningful resolution to the plight facing longan growers before peak harvest season. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/race-against-time-chinese-approval-longan-shipments
Goats turn hunters to herders
The Kampong Thom provincial Department of Environment has donated 10 goats to the Kang Meas Community Protected Area (CPA) in Sandan district’s Sochetr commune to assist in improving local communities’ livelihoods and providing an alternative way to make a living instead of by logging and ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/goats-turn-hunters-herders
Vietnam biggest buyer of Cambodia’s mangoes
Cambodia exported 140,000 tons of fresh mangos, or 86.8 percent of its total exports of the fruit, to Vietnam in the first seven months of this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50921620/vietnam-biggest-buyer-of-cambodias-mangoes/
Cambodian researchers to launch new rice variety shortly
Cambodian rice researchers will soon release a new rice variety more resilient to climate change that produces significantly better yields than conventional rice types. ...
Sar Socheat
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920852/cambodian-researchers-to-launch-new-rice-variety-shortly/
Invest in longan processing: ministry
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has called for increased private sector investment in longan processing for export, as the Kingdom seeks to negotiate market access with phytosanitary authorities in a number of countries. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/invest-longan-processing-ministry
Lumpy Skin outbreak affects 10,000 cattle
About 10,000 heads of cattle across 20 provinces, especially along the Thai border, have been infected with Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), and about 1% of those sick cattle have died, which were mostly calves. ...
Chhun Sun Ly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920972/lumpy-skin-outbreak-affects-10000-cattle/