Agriculture and fishing
ARDB, APRACA sign MoU to create CoE on green financing
Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) and Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create the Center of Excellence (CoE) to conduct research on green financing in agriculture in Cambodia. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501539675/ardb-apraca-sign-mou-to-create-coe-on-green-financing/
FiA, UNIDO urge stakeholders to adhere to food safety standards
The Fisheries Administration (FiA) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) called on all stakeholders in the fishery value chains to collaborate with the Fisheries Competent Authority (FCA) to implement necessary food safety requirements and follow the required processes, from application submission to obtaining ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501535758/fia-unido-urge-stakeholders-to-adhere-to-food-safety-standards/
Fisheries urged to hook international market access
Businesses and producers seeking to export their fisheries products internationally are encouraged to submit an application with the FiA for registration and approval to sell their goods globally. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/fisheries-urged-to-hook-international-market-access
Kampong Thom, Gyeongsangbuk-do ink MoU to bolster trade, tourism
Kampong Thom province and Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen the partnership between the two countries including trade and investment, education, tourism and agriculture. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501532239/kampong-thom-gyeongsangbuk-do-ink-mou-to-bolster-trade-tourism/
Crop insurance sees 40 percent boost, covers 76k farmers
Crop insurance coverage has increased more than 40 percent to cover over 76,000 farmers in the country, as per data shared at an event titled, ‘Updates of Insurance Market in Cambodia’, held on Thursday in Phnom Penh. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501526832/crop-insurance-sees-40-percent-boost-covers-76k-farmers/
Challenges, progress in exporting Cambodia's fishery products to the EU
Cambodia’s fisheries sector, a source of income and employment for approximately 33,000 individuals – predominantly women – faces substantial challenges in exporting its products to the EU. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/challenges-progress-in-exporting-cambodia-s-fishery-products-to-the-eu
Cambodia exports 50 percent more raw cashew nuts in first semester
Cambodia exported more than 545,000 tonnes of raw cashew nut in the first semester of 2024, an increase of 50 percent compared to the same period in 2023, said a report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) on Wednesday. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521384/cambodia-exports-50-percent-more-raw-cashew-nuts-in-first-semester/
Rice exports surge in first half of 2024
Cambodia exported 338,654 tonnes of milled rice in the first six months of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 2.7 percent, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said on Tuesday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501520193/rice-exports-surge-in-first-half-of-2024/
Rice exports surge in first half of 2024
Cambodia exported 338,654 tonnes of milled rice in the first six months of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 2.7 percent, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said on Tuesday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501520193/rice-exports-surge-in-first-half-of-2024/
Kingdom emerges biggest supplier of raw cashew nuts to Vietnam
Cambodia has knocked off Ivory Coast to become Vietnam’s biggest supplier of raw cashew nuts. Earlier it was the African nation that held the position. The General Department of Customs of Vietnam made the announcement on Saturday. ...
Jigme PaldenPazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519482/kingdom-emerges-biggest-supplier-of-raw-cashew-nuts-to-vietnam/
Cambodia posts 57% rise in agricultural exports
Cambodia exported more than 6.13 million tonnes of agricultural products in the first half of 2024, an increase of 57 percent compared to the same period in 2023, earning more than $2.8 billion, according to a report of the General Directorate of Agriculture posted by ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517943/cambodia-posts-57-rise-in-agricultural-exports/
Cambodia posts 57% rise in agricultural exports
Cambodia exported more than 6.13 million tonnes of agricultural products in the first half of 2024, an increase of 57 percent compared to the same period in 2023, earning more than $2.8 billion, according to a report of the General Directorate of Agriculture posted by ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517943/cambodia-posts-57-rise-in-agricultural-exports/
NCDM says rice cultivation falls short of projections
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) reports that, as of mid-2024, rice cultivation has reached only 50.32% of the annual projection. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501516362/ncdm-says-rice-cultivation-falls-short-of-projections/
Tina confirms increase in Cambodia’s dolphin population, now approximately 105
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina confirmed that the number of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in Cambodia has increased, with the current population estimated at around 105. ...
PM calls for promotion of aquaculture
Prime Minister Hun Manet Monday called for processing aquaculture to ensure the needs of the people and exporting, while Cambodia achieved a total of 314,000 tonnes of freshwater and marine aquaculture in 2023. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501515568/pm-calls-for-promotion-of-aquaculture/
PM pushes for agricultural diversification
Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday called for efforts to promote agricultural products, especially through diversification, for the betterment of farmers’ livelihoods. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501515572/pm-pushes-for-agricultural-diversification/
Workers of Vietnamese-owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai still suffer years after plantation closes
For nearly three years, about 300 local workers, 50% of them women, worked in a Vietnamese banana plantation belonging to Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Co (HAGL), covering 245 hectares in Talao commune, Andong Meas district in Ratanakiri province. ...
Him Khortieth
https://cambojanews.com/workers-of-vietnamese-owned-hoang-anh-gia-lai-still-suffer-years-after-plantation-closes/
Cassava alliance association formed to promote exports
Cambodia-China Cassava Alliance Association (CCCAA) was officially formed Thursday to promote exporting agricultural products to China and global markets. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501512160/cassava-alliance-association-formed-to-promote-exports/
40 families of pepper growers form agri-community in Tbong Khmum
Forty families of pepper growers in Memot’s Tbong Khmum province have volunteered to form a modern agriculture community, said an official of the Agriculture Ministry. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501510869/40-families-of-pepper-growers-form-agri-community-in-tbong-khmum/
Red corn production soars to 1.7M tonnes, MAFF says
The red corn production in 2024 increased to nearly 1.7 million tonnes compared to 1.5 million tonnes last year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501505078/red-corn-production-soars-to-1-7m-tonnes-maff-says/
Chanthol pushes for export of pepper, bananas into US market
Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) urged Patrick Murphy, Executive Vice President of Rice and Grain Global Sourcing at Otis McAllister to consider the possibility of exporting more agricultural products into the United States ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501501033/chanthol-pushes-for-export-of-pepper-bananas-into-us-market/
Ministry of Agriculture bats for production of quality fertilizers
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries encouraged farmers to use fertilizers produced by the local firms as that would help growth the production of fertilizers. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501501029/ministry-of-agriculture-bats-for-production-of-quality-fertilizers/
Raising women’s involvement in agri, food industry despite challenges
A group of innovative women in the field of food and agriculture in Cambodia discussed the opportunities and challenges of establishing a network to support and promote farmer products in an event organized by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Embassy in ...
Sovann Sreypich and Pou Soreachny
https://cambojanews.com/raising-womens-involvement-in-agri-food-industry-despite-challenges/
Cashew processing and cashew shell-extracted biomass fuel plant launched in Kampong Thom Province
A cashew processing and cashew shell-extracted biomass fuel plant invested by Japan’s MIRATH GREEN TECH has officially been inaugurated in Kampong Thom province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501500469/cashew-processing-and-cashew-shell-extracted-biomass-fuel-plant-launched-in-kampong-thom-province/