Agriculture
Agricultural management systems and technologies
PM lauds modern farming communities
Prime Minister Hun Manet Tuesday lauded the efforts and achievements of modern farming communities and called for more such farming communities across the country. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501557403/pm-lauds-modern-farming-communities/
Kampong Thom’s Dang Kambit reservoir project progresses
The Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Thor Chetha, on Saturday led a team of officers to inspect the progress of the Dang Kambit Reservoir Development Project in Sre Khsach Village, Dang Kambit Commune, Sandan District, Kampong Thom province, financed by the Export-Import Bank of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501547543/kampong-thoms-dang-kambit-reservoir-project-progresses/
PM expects new dams to irrigate over 120,000 hectares in K Thom
Prime Minister Hun Manet has expressed optimism that the ongoing construction of the Kampong Kor Dam and water diversion Stung Slap Dam will give a major boost to agricultural productivity in Kampong Thom province. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501539807/pm-expects-new-dams-to-irrigate-over-120000-hectares-in-k-thom/
APSARA Authority to install automatic water management station at Angkor site in collaboration with the SIAVB, France
Dr. Hang Peou, Director General of APSARA National Authority, met on May 21 at the headquarters of the SIAVB, France, with Jean-Michel Bordes, Director General of SIAVB, Jacques Bellier, President of AGERA, and technical officers of various institutions of the project “Siem Reap Angkor Water ...
Three ministries will increase more cooperation to help improve people’s lives
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Rural Development, and the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology will begin to increase cooperation more smoothly to help improve people’s livelihoods, benefit farmers, and provide economic efficiency to rural areas. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501484140/three-ministries-will-increase-more-cooperation-to-help-improve-peoples-lives/
Climate-smart agricultural techniques have significantly increased the annual crop profits of targeted farmers
Climate-smart agricultural techniques have significantly increased the annual crop profits of targeted farmers from $1401 to $2234 over the five-year implementation of the Systems Approach to Transformative Economic Empowerment and Resilience project. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501479169/climate-smart-agricultural-techniques-have-significantly-increased-the-annual-crop-profits-of-targeted-farmers/
More financial institutions focusing on agri-tech
Financial institutions like Wing Bank, AMK Microfinance (MFI), Boost Capital are focusing on agriculture-driven tech. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501449706/more-financial-institutions-focusing-on-agri-tech/
Kampong Leng farmers get permission to grow dry season rice
The Council of Ministers and the Kampong Chhnang Provincial government have granted temporary permission to people living in Zone 3 protected area near Tonle Sap Lake in Kampong Leng district, Kampong Chhnang province to cultivate dry season rice for one season. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501421159/kampong-leng-farmers-get-permission-to-grow-dry-season-rice/
Starlink paves way for smart farming in Kingdom
In a move set to revolutionise Cambodian agriculture, entrepreneur Chan Dara has become a pioneer, bringing Starlink’s high-speed internet to the Kingdom. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/starlink-paves-way-smart-farming-kingdom
USAID Morodok Baitang: Sunn Hemp, the best crop species for soil health improvement
Sunn Hemp has been identified as the best cover crop species which helps improve soil health and store nutrition. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501318588/usaid-morodok-baitang-sunn-hemp-the-best-crop-species-for-soil-health-improvement/
Bak Kheng water treatment plant is inaugurated
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday officially inaugurated Bak Kheng Water Treatment Plant in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district, and pledged to provide solutions to water scarcity faced by residents during the dry season. ...
Mon Sokeo
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-bak-kheng-water-treatment-plant-is-inaugurated
Fisheries sector receives innovative equipment to increase market access
Businesses involved in post-harvest fisheries received a raft of green and innovative technology, equipment and materials necessary to make business operations and production more effective and efficient. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-fisheries-sector-receives-innovative-equipment-to-increase-market-access
Bakheng water plant 90 percent ready, likely to start this year
The Bakheng Water Supply Project, Cambodia’s largest water treatment plant, being developed to meet the rising demand for water in Phnom Penh, is set to be put into operation in the second quarter of this year. ...
Prakash Jha
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243614/bakheng-water-plant-90-percent-ready-likely-to-start-this-year/
USAID partners with private agri-businesses, invests $4M
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced new partnerships with three Cambodian private agricultural companies. More than $4 million will be invested in expanding the economic opportunities and access to domestic and international markets of smallholder farmers. ...
Ry Sochan and Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/usaid-partners-private-agri-businesses-invests-4m
Tina floats cashew nut shell fuel project
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina on February 7 asked Japanese firm Top Planning Japan Co Ltd (TPJ), an exporter of local cashew nuts, to look into converting the shells into fuel, and processing the crop into different food products, as well as ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tina-floats-cashew-nut-shell-fuel-project
Tina unveils plans for ‘luxury’ produce
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is promoting key production chains to boost exports of high-quality produce to international markets, according to minister Dith Tina. ...
Sem Pisei and Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tina-unveils-plans-luxury-produce
Irrigation systems cover 61 pct of farmland in Cambodia: official
Irrigation systems have covered some 61 percent of the total farmland in Cambodia, Bun Hean, secretary of state for the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MWRM), said on Thursday. ...
Khmer Time Staffs
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501139337/irrigation-systems-cover-61-pct-of-farmland-in-cambodia-official/
Three main water sources in Mondulkiri under rehabilitation and repair
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology participates in the implementation of the Master Plan for Mondulkiri Tourism Development 2022-2035 and are rehabilitating three main water sources in the province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501106948/three-main-water-sources-in-mondulkiri-under-rehabilitation-and-repair/
Singapore-invested 100sq km agriculture hub launched in northern Kampong Speu
HLH Agriculture (Cambodia) Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Hong Lai Huat Group Ltd, has announced the inauguration of the mixed-use Cambodia-Singapore Agricultural Hub (CSAH) in northwestern Kampong Speu province, as well as the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Manufacturing ...
Banteay Meanchey rescues rice, warns of future droughts
Officials from the Banteay Meanchey provincial water resources and agriculture departments have joined forces to pump water to nearly 1,000ha of dry-season rice in Mongkol Borei district in the face of water shortages. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banteay-meanchey-rescues-rice-warns-future-droughts
Final year of water shortages for Phnom Penh, say utility officials
This year’s dry season is no different from last year, with people in the suburbs of Phnom Penh beginning to complain about the lacking of clean water. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/final-year-water-shortages-phnom-penh-say-utility-officials
Japan supports Pursat water supply expansion project
The Government of Japan has supported a water supply expansion project in Pursat province with a grant aid of approximately $21.9 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50987960/japan-supports-pursat-water-supply-expansion-project/
Imports of fertilisers, pesticides over 900K tonnes
Cambodia imported 47,409 tonnes of pesticides and 858,632 tonnes of agricultural fertilisers in the first five months of 2021, a “sharp increase” year-on-year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reported on August 9. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/imports-fertilisers-pesticides-over-900k-tonnes
Australian organic enterprise to offer Cambodian farmers overseas training experience
An Australian organic farming firm is offering jobs to Cambodians. The news came out at a meeting between Lexmin Pty Cambodia CEO Robert K Chelliah and Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon yesterday. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908111/australian-organic-enterprise-to-offer-cambodian-farmers-overseas-training-experience/