Agriculture

Agricultural production

Thais remove cassava and maize import restrictions

In order to boost the Kingdom’s trade performance and improve the quality of lives of farmers along the Thai-Cambodia border, Thailand has agreed to remove import restrictions on Cambodian cassava and maize. Speaking to reporters after the forth meeting of the Joint Trade Committee between Cambodia ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042365162/Business/thais-remove-cassava-and-maize-import-restrictions.html

Pepper Crop in Kompong Cham Hit by Hot Weather

As this year’s pepper harvest gets under way, farmers in Kompong Cham province are expecting lower yields due to severe hot weather in recent months. Yin Sopha, executive director of the Dar Memot Development Agriculture Pepper Cooperative, said the hot weather and lack of rain ...

http://The Cambodia Daily

Tate & Lyle Defends Sugar Plantation Deal In Koh Kong

A U.K. firm being sued by 200 Cambodian farmers over the loss of their land to two sugar plantations has defended its business dealings, claiming that the affected families were dealt with legally and were properly compensated for the loss of their properties. Local farmers ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/18834-18834/

Vendors: food prices rise before Khmer New Year

The price of meat will be higher during Khmer New Year, with prices rising between 2,000 riel and 3,000 riel ($0.50 and $0.75) per kilogram, according to vendors. Som Sreymom, a pork vendor at Kandal market, said the price of pork would hit as much as ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041265052/Business/vendors-food-prices-rise-before-khmer-new-year.html

U.S. imports large volume of organic rice

An unusual report shows that organic rice buyers in the U.S. are getting a large percentage of their rice from Cambodia. The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) exported 114 tonnes of organic jasmine rice to the U.S. in the first quarter of ...

http://www.agprofessional.com/news/US-imports-large-volume-of-organic-rice-201976661.html

Local palm oil exporter targets EU

Mong Reththy Group (MRG), Cambodia’s largest exporter of palm oil, hopes to expand its exports to European markets this year. Mong Reththy, president of the firm, said the quota-free and duty-free trade frameworks provided by European governments factored heavily into the decision. “About 50 per cent of ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040964951/Business/local-palm-oil-exporter-targets-eu.html

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