Agriculture and fishing
Cambodia may lose EU market share if EU-Vietnam bilateral FTA materializes, say experts
Cambodian rice exporters are worried of losing market share in the European Union (EU) market if the EU-Vietnam Bilateral Free Trade Agreement (EU-V BFTA) is finalized, according to local sources. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/23332/cambodia-may-lose-eu-market-share-if-eu-vietnam-bilateral-fta-materializes-say-exporters
Rice sector wary of EU-Vietnam deal
As Vietnam and the European Union reach the final stages of negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, giving Cambodia’s neighbour zero-duty exports to the economic bloc, local rice millers and exporters have expressed concerns that the deal could hurt the Kingdom’s rice exports. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-sector-wary-eu-vietnam-deal
Amid drought, farmers scuffle over water
Dozens of drought-hit farmers from two districts in Banteay Meanchey province scuffled on Saturday night after one group blocked a canal leading from a shared reservoir, preventing water from flowing to the other community. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-drought-farmers-scuffle-over-water-89476/
Kingdom is prime for first slaughterhouse
Riding the wave of rising demand for beef in Asia, Cambodia’s long-awaited slaughterhouse could not come soon enough, with an emerging middle class in Cambodia also hungry for more premium meat from Down Under. ...
Xueying Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/kingdom-prime-first-slaughterhouse
Soldiers monitor border-crossing Thai farmers
Thai farmers protected by armed Thai soldiers crossed the border in Banteay Meanchey province and spent Thursday plowing fields for rice cultivation, a military commander and district official said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldiers-monitor-border-crossing-thai-farmers-89315/
Fishing busts up, penalties lag
The first half of 2015 has seen a nearly 50 per cent increase in illegal fishing busts, though the vast majority resulted in no punishment for offenders, a new report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries shows. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fishing-busts-penalties-lag
Minister helps open controversial tycoon’s new rubber farm
Environment Minister Say Sam Al was in Preah Vihear province on Sunday to help inaugurate Try Pheap’s newest project, a $52-million rubber plantation and additional facilities that the timber magnate has cleared thousands of hectares of protected forest to build. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-helps-open-controversial-tycoons-new-rubber-farm-88896/
Despite drought, crops will come – but at a cost
This year is no different from last year and many of the previous years for the residents of Krong Stung Sen in Kampong Thom province. Rain has been scarce, and rice growers must pay to pump water from the state-owned ditches into their rice paddies. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13457/despite-drought--crops-will-come-----but-at-a-cost/
Official, brother caught dealing toxic fertilizer
Authorities in Banteay Meanchey province seized more than $10,000 worth of illegal fertilizer from a government official and his brother on Tuesday, while the accused claimed they were targeted because the official who led the sting had family ties to the fertilizer trade. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-brother-caught-dealing-toxic-fertilizer-88546/
Clock ticks on rice harvest
As el niño continues to buffet Cambodia, the next two weeks could be crucial in determining whether the Kingdom will suffer from a smaller-than-usual rice harvest and potential food shortages, experts said yesterday. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries general director So Khan ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clock-ticks-rice-harvest
In the rush to open more rubber plantations, nobody wins
Land conversions for rubber plantations in continental South-East Asia have expanded to areas where rubber is not historically grown, posing risks to both farmers’ livelihoods and environment conservation. The study defines continental South-East Asia as comprising Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. ...
SciDevNet News Staff
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/environment/news/in-the-rush-to-open-more-rubber-plantations-nobody-wins.html
Rice fed' dispels fake rice claims
The Cambodian Rice Federation held a press conference yesterday to allay fears drummed up by local media that fake rice is being distributed in the Kingdom.Rumours began to surface this week when a reporter with local news site Khmerload published a story claiming to have ...
Sok Chan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-fed-dispels-fake-rice-claims
First agricultural insurance tested in Cambodia
Cambodia’s first pilot program to insure farmers against rice crop loss launched last week in five provinces. ...
Un Raksmey and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13276/first-agricultural-insurance-tested-in-cambodia/
Severe drought takes toll on women in Cambodia
A severe drought is affecting many people in provinces across Cambodia and has prompted the government to warn that it will deepen poverty in the developing country. The government has not released any figures on the extent to which the drought has affected the populace. ...
Mechanized farming on the rise
Machines are steadily replacing people in Cambodian agriculture but buyers need more financial and technical support. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13233/mechanized-farming-on-the-rise/
Cambodia’s micro-climate is changing
The heavy rains forecast to wash over Phnom Penh this weekend will come too late for farmers in rice paddies here, 165 km north of the capital. ...
Igor Kossov and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13087/cambodia---s-micro-climate-is-changing/
Insurance option for small hold farmers
The Cambodian Agriculture Cooperative Insurance Company (CACIC), an initiative established by the Cambodia Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), yesterday announced the start of an agriculture micro insurance service to help rice farmers better respond to climate change. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/insurance-option-small-hold-farmers
In search of export market for mangoes
Cambodia is seeking to export its mangoes to South Korea, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Contacted yesterday, deputy MAFF director Hean Vanhorn said that a ministry representative would meet with a South Korean agriculture delegation today to discuss ...
Sok Chan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/search-export-market-mangoes
Drought-inducing El Nino won't affect Cambodia rice production, say officials
Cambodia is less likely to be affected by the El Nino weather pattern and the country is expected to receive rainfall this week, the local sources quoted the spokesman of the Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/23142/drought-inducing-el-nino-not-affect-cambodia-rice-production-say-officials
Kingdom’s Agro exports on slow boat to China
China is the Kingdom’s top rice importer, and is also bringing in Cambodian cassava, rubber, cashews, peppers and a small amount of corn. But experts say efforts to increase export shipments and open Asia’s biggest market to new products will fall short unless Cambodia addresses ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news-list/2/business/
Heavy rain expected to boost rice growing
As Thailand braces for a drop in rice production owing to rainfall shortage because of the El Niño effect, officials say that Cambodia is less likely to be affected by the weather pattern as they expect rainfall to cover the Kingdom this week, encouraging the ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/heavy-rain-expected-boost-rice-growing
High 2015 yields for pepper growers
Kampot pepper production almost doubled during 2015’s harvest season compared to last year’s, although prices have remained flat, according to an industry representative. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/high-2015-yields-pepper-growers
Cambodian fishermen hope for crackdown on illegal Thai fishing
Thailand’s fishing industry has received a “yellow card” warning from the European Union for failing to address illegal fishing operations. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-fishermen-hope-for-crackdown-on-illegal-thai-fishing/2850813.html
Cambodia rice exports increase sharply in first half of 2015 driven by Chinese and European demand
Cambodia has exported around 283,825 tons of milled rice in the first six months of 2015, up about 60% from around 177,928 tons exported during the same period last year, Phnom Penh Post quoted data from Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/23115/cambodia-rice-exports-increase-sharply-first-half-2015-driven-chinese-european-demand