Agriculture and fishing
Agriculture
Government plugs rubber switch
The government is seeking intrepid smallholder farmers to pilot a project that would transform 6,000 hectares of cropland in two provinces into a patchwork of small rubber plantations.The Ministry of Agriculture is eyeing 5,000 hectares of land in Ratanakkiri and 1,000 hectares in Battambang for ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-plugs-rubber-switch
Sugar protest outside PM’s house broken up
About 100 villagers involved in a long-running land dispute with Koh Kong Sugar Industry Company attempted to march to the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday, culminating in a physical altercation with authorities.The mostly female group of protesters was stopped at 10:40am by Daun ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sugar-protest-outside-pms-house-broken
Ministry pushing mango exports
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is pushing mango farmers to increase their knowledge of growing the fruit before exporting to South Korea in an effort to boost production.Hean Vanhorn, deputy director general at the ministry, said at a workshop in Kampong Speu province ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35409/ministry-pushing-mango-exports/
Oranges struggle with disease
Orange farmer Say Samoeurth has been battling an invisible foe. He rarely sees his adversary, a tiny insect known as the Asian citrus psyllid, but wherever it goes this winged pest leaves behind a trail of destruction. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oranges-struggle-disease
Cassava export prices down sharply
The price per kilogram of cassava exports from Cambodia has fallen this year due to plunging market prices and a lack of processing centers in the country. The price of dried cassava in northeastern Rattanakiri province is down to 410 riel (about $0.10) per kilogram and ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35213/cassava-export-prices-down-sharply/
Second call for rice exports
The Ministry of Agriculture is calling on rice millers to apply for a second round of quality checks for exports to China after only 28 local rice mills, out of 60 which applied for inspection in the first round, passed last year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35211/second-call-for-rice-exports/
Villagers push government to revoke ‘idle’ ELC
Villagers in Kampot’s Chhouk district have demanded that a private firm they accuse of failing to develop its economic land concession (ELC) have its permit to use the land revoked. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-push-government-revoke-idle-elc
Hundreds ask for help in disputes
About 500 people representing thousands of families from four provinces who are affected by the development of sugarcane plantations requested intervention from Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34976/hundreds-ask-for-help-in-disputes/
$200 mil a year veggie imports to be slashed
The government has designated eight provinces to start boosting vegetable production from this year in a move to curb the capital flow of an estimated $200 million per year on imports from neighboring countries, mainly Vietnam.Vongsey Vissoth, secretary of state for the Ministry of Economy ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34744/-200-mil-a-year-veggie-imports-to-be-slashed/
No wood, but permit in protected area extended
The Agriculture Ministry renewed the license for timber extraction on a land concession in a protected area in September, despite previously concluding that the land within the concession had been completely cleared, according to a conservation group and documents obtained by reporters this month. ...
Aisha Down
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-wood-but-permit-in-protected-area-extended-123916/
Cambodia eyes Swedish trade
Cambodia is seeking to expand its market for milled rice to Sweden and is looking for ways to cooperate further in trade and investment. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34526/cambodia-eyes-swedish-trade/
Rubber exports stable
While international rubber prices rebounded late last year, Cambodia’s exports in 2016, however, remained relatively unchanged compared with 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34466/rubber-exports-stable/
Ministry to meet sugar companies over land dispute
The Land Ministry will meet with the three companies at the center of the decade-long land dispute in Koh Kong province this week in an attempt to finally resolve the villagers’ grievances. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34488/ministry-to-meet-sugar-companies-over-land-dispute/
Cassava industry left out to dry
With the start of the dry harvest season for cassava kicking off, farmers are calling for the government to support the struggling sector with initiatives to address recurring capital shortages and market volatility. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-industry-left-out-dry
Sugar mill to resume operation
A $360 million sugarcane factory will start operating next month after stopping last June due to a shortage of raw material. The Rui Feng sugarcane mill opened last April with capacity to produce nearly half a million tons a year for export, mainly to Europe and ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34341/sugar-mill-to-resume-operation/
Almost 2,000 Thai chickens confiscated
Close to 2,000 chickens from Thailand were confiscated by Pursat provincial authorities after they were found to have been illegally brought into Cambodia. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34308/almost-2-000-thai-chickens-confiscated/
Firmer prospects as rubber rebounds
Cambodia’s beleaguered rubber industry looks set for a turnaround as international rubber prices continue their strong rebound. Local traders and industry officials said yesterday they were optimistic that rubber prices, which doubled during the course of 2016, would continue to rise as the global economy ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firmer-prospects-rubber-rebounds
Thailand port hope for Cambodian farmers
Cambodian farmers may be able to cut export costs from the middle of the year if an agreement is signed letting them send their produce through the Thai port of Laem Chabang. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34243/thailand-port-hope-for-cambodian-farmers/
Battambang dam 98 percent complete
Construction of a $100 million dam project and the largest reservoir in Battambang province is 98 percent complete and scheduled to be finished before Khmer New Year in April. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34258/battambang-dam-98-percent-complete/
Tensions between Chinese firm, ethnic villagers mount
Ethnic Kuoy villagers in Preah Vihear’s Chey Sen district filed a complaint against Chinese sugar company Rui Feng on Tuesday after a long-simmering land dispute almost erupted into violence last week. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tensions-between-chinese-firm-ethnic-villagers-mount
Ministry scraps rice inspection fee
The government has removed the fee for inspection services on milled rice slated for export, aiming to reduce the cost of Cambodia’s rice and increase its competitiveness in international markets. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34115/ministry-scraps-rice-inspection-fee/
26 millers pass China test
Two rice millers, which had passed initial inspections, were deemed ineligible to export rice to China after failing quality and food hygiene tests applied by Chinese experts. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34060/26-millers-pass-china-test/
Slowing rice export growth ‘worrisome’
An Agriculture Ministry official said on Sunday that slowing growth in Cambodian milled rice exports—increasing just 0.7 percent last year—was the result of outdated policies and was a concerning trend. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/slowing-rice-export-growthworrisome-123114/
Kampot pepper pact keeping prices stable
Kampot pepper prices are set to remain stable for another year as part of an agreement between local producers that caps prices through the end of 2017, a representative of the pepper association said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampot-pepper-pact-keeping-prices-stable