Ministries and other national bodies

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Armed soldiers storm forestry office to retake truck

A group of 10 armed soldiers stormed a Forestry Administration office in Oddar Meanchey province on Monday and attempted to seize a military truck that had been confiscated from them after they used it to transport illegal timber, leading to an hourslong standoff, officials said.​ ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/armed-soldiers-storm-forestry-office-to-retake-truck-110515/

Reththy, agriculture ministry continue to squabble

The Ministry of Agriculture has rejected a request from private-sector rubber firms – led by agricultural tycoon Mong Reththy – for a meeting to discuss the floundering fortunes of the nation’s rubber sector, claiming the ministry was busy and was already addressing the issue. ...

Sor Chandara and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/reththy-agriculture-ministry-continue-squabble

Microfinance success stories from the countryside

When Chheung Rattana was married a few years ago, the only thing she and her new husband inherited from their families was a small plot of land to grow rice on. It was a tough start for the newlyweds, who decided that the only way ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22923/microfinance-success-stories-from-the-countryside/

Tractors prove steady sellers

Tractor sales continued to grow last year, driven by a shortage of labour in the agricultural sector and farmer cooperatives increasingly pooling their resources to buy farm equipment to serve their members. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tractors-prove-steady-sellers

Sesame exports on the rise, official says

The Kingdom exported 9,379.29 tons of sesame last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, with Vietnam buying the lion’s share. ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22796/sesame-exports-on-the-rise--official-says/

Institutional reforms or leadership change?

A Cabinet reshuffle is expected this year after Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that if there were no quick and effective reforms, several cabinet ministers would be removed. The Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Agriculture have been rated as the lowest performers, but other ...

Chheang Vannarith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22338/institutional-reforms-or-leadership-change-/

Revised rubber export tax scheme criticised

Rubber producers said yesterday the government’s decision to amend the export tax scheme on natural rubber fell short of expectations and would do little to stem the losses of farmers as rubber prices hover near a six-year low. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revised-rubber-export-tax-scheme-criticised

Bodies swap control over ELCs, preserves

Authority over economic land concessions (ELCs) currently under the purview of the Ministry of Environment will be transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, while all protected areas and nature preserves currently under the Ministry of Agriculture will pass to the Ministry of Environment, according to ...

Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bodies-swap-control-over-elcs-preserves

Fire season brings warning from ministry

As the Kingdom moves into the heart of the dry season, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries has issued a set of guidelines on the prevention of forest fires, stressing that jail is in the cards for those starting blazes. ...

Bun Sengkong and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fire-season-brings-warning-ministry

Forestry crimes decrease by 9 percent in 2015, report says

Forestry crimes fell by around 9 percent last year compared to 2014, according to an annual report released by the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forestry-crimes-decrease-by-9-percent-in-2015-report-says-109231/

Gov’t: illegal fishing on rise

Police officials at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said cases of illegal fishing continued to rise last year, when almost 4,000 illegal fishing offenses were stopped and 181 were sent to court. ...

Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22020/gov---t--illegal-fishing-on-rise/

PM gives ministers an 'F', lashes out at illegal logging task force

Prime Minister Hun Sen unleashed a tirade against underperforming government officials in a pair of speeches yesterday – musing aloud about reshuffling his Council of Ministers and wondering why rockets had not yet been deployed in the Kingdom’s recent “crackdown” on illegal logging. ...

Mech Dara, Lay Samean and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-gives-ministers-f-lashes-out-illegal-logging-task-force

Veggie farming to trim kingdom’s import bill

Government officials, economists and businesses discussed the implementation of a draft program to invigorate vegetable farming in the Kingdom and cut imports from neighbouring countries in half by 2018.   ...

Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/veggie-farming-trim-kingdoms-import-bill

Departments of Forestry and Fisheries to decentralize

The Ministry of Agriculture’s departments of Forestry and Fisheries will be placed under the control of the provincial agricultural administrations, according to an official letter released by Agricultural Minister Ouk Rabun on Monday. The move is part of an effort to decentralize government responsibilities and ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21232/departments-of-forestry-and-fisheries-to-decentralize/

Company denies responsibility in chicken deaths

The cause of death of more than 11,000 diseased broiler chickens found dumped in a canal in Kompong Thom province last month has been identified as an infectious virus transmittable to humans, according to the Ministry of Agriculture’s animal health department. ...

Khy Sovuthy and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/company-denies-responsibility-in-chicken-deaths-107679/

Fishery manual to aid export potential

A trade facilitation manual aimed at increasing the size of Cambodia’s seafood products will be ready by April and looks to help producers and exporters improve their export readiness and take advantage of ASEAN integration. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fishery-manual-aid-export-potential

Slight decline in rice production in 2015

Rice production declined slightly in 2015 due to drought in some areas, according to estimates from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, but officials say this will not affect domestic supply or exports. ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19182/slight-decline-in-rice-production-in-2015/

Fish harvest likely to rise: official

The volume of fish harvested from the Tonle Sap Lake is likely to rise in the fishing season that starts today due to better weather conditions, a senior official from Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry told Khmer Times yesterday. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18653/fish-harvest-likely-to-rise--official/

Law on animal health at the finish line

A draft law seven years in the making to regulate and standardize the Kingdom’s animal health regulations is on the verge of reaching parliament after getting approval from the Council of Ministers on Friday.  ...

James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17607/law-on-animal-health-at-the-finish-line/

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