Agriculture and fishing
Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and private partners sign MoU to build 10,000 green houses over next decade
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries continues to enact measures to develop Cambodia’s agricultural sector. The ministry and private partners announced the signing of the MoU for the construction of more green houses in the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501011542/ministry-of-agriculture-and-private-partners-sign-mou-to-build-10000-green-houses-over-next-decade/
Mango exports surge 146% to 265K tonnes in 2021
The Kingdom exported nearly 265,230 tonnes of fresh mangoes and mango products in 2021, up by 146.3 per cent year-on-year, of which the Vietnamese market absorbed just under 199,636.7 tonnes, according to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries data. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mango-exports-surge-146-265k-tonnes-2021
China buying frenzy bolsters fresh banana exports in 2021
Cambodia exported 423,168.97 tonnes of fresh bananas last year, up by 27.02 per cent over 2020, valued at $4,323,719,300, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA). ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-buying-frenzy-bolsters-fresh-banana-exports-2021
Kingdom to further strengthen agricultural ties with China
Even as more investments from Chinese companies pour into Cambodia and cooperation in the field of agriculture increases, Cambodian agricultural products are expected to be promoted in more international markets, especially the Chinese market. ...
Anthony McGonigle
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501009473/kingdom-to-further-strengthen-agricultural-ties-with-china/
Mixed emotions as EU revokes import tariffs on long grain Cambodian rice
With the EU rolling back import tariffs on long grain white rice from Cambodia and Myanmar, market participants expect a rise in shipments from Cambodian exporters who were however still skeptical due to continued high freight rates. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501009558/mixed-emotions-as-eu-revokes-import-tariffs-on-long-grain-cambodian-rice/
Cassava exports up nearly 22.1%
The Kingdom exported 2,793,729.92 tonnes of cassava in 2021, up by nearly 22.1 per cent from a year earlier, as industry players note that domestic wholesale prices of the tubers remain elevated compared with average 2020 rates. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-exports-nearly-221
Processed cashew nut export to Japan to hit new high
Chey Sambo Cashew Nut Processing Handicraft in Kampong Thom province has planned to scale up the amount of processed cashew nuts for exports to Japan this year, after experiencing successful exports last year, which resulted in huge support in the Japanese market. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501007944/processed-cashew-nut-export-to-japan-to-hit-new-high/
Ministries warn public about wildfire dangers
The Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have jointly called on the public to be very careful about using fire as a means of cooking, clearing wild grass or harvesting forest products because wildfires often occur in natural protected areas ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-warn-public-about-wildfire-dangers
Vietnam buys 80 pct of Cambodia’s agriculture exports
Vietnam bought nearly 80 percent of Cambodia’s nearly $5 billion worth of agriculture exports last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004581/vietnam-buys-80-pct-of-cambodias-agriculture-exports/
Non-rice agricultural product export nets $3.16 Billion in 2021
Cambodia exported some 5.18 million tonnes of non-rice agricultural products in 2021, a 48.14 percent increase compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501000187/non-rice-agricultural-product-export-nets-3-16-billion-in-2021/
Koh Kong forest station begins official operation
Koh Kong provincial authorities on December 27 officially inaugurated the Chi Khor Leu Forest Research Station in Sre Ambel district’s Chi Khor Leu commune, which was funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the Greater Mekong Sub-region Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Project in Cambodia. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-forest-station-begins-official-operation
Banking and financial institutions disbursed $44.9 billion in loans, an increase of 23 percent
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said that at the end of the third quarter of 2021, banking and financial institutions provided loans totaling 185.1 trillion riels or about $44.9 billion to agriculture, construction, manufacturing, services, wholesale and retail trade and household units. This accounted ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50992206/banking-and-financial-institutions-disbursed-44-9-billion-in-loans-an-increase-of-23-percent/
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/
Low production, campaigns burn tobacco exports
Cambodia exported 4,294.05 tonnes of tobacco in the first 11 months of 2021, dipping by 24.42 per cent year-on-year, of which 98.108 per cent was exported to Vietnam, according to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries data. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/low-production-campaigns-burn-tobacco-exports
Ministry, Korea seek site for new food testing centre
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation is teaming up with South Korea to find a suitable location in Cambodia to set up a food testing centre over the next five years, and make inspections of domestic and export products for quality, safety and ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-korea-seek-site-new-food-testing-centre
Peppercorn exports sprout 457% to nearly 28K tonnes
Cambodia shipped out about 27,730.07 tonnes of peppercorn – both geographical indication- (GI) branded Kampot pepper and non-GI cultivars – in the first 11 months of 2021, up 456.53 per cent year-on-year, with Vietnam as the top buyer, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/peppercorn-exports-sprout-457-nearly-28k-tonnes
Vietnam deal on agricultural co-op around the corner, senior official says
Cambodia and Vietnam plan to sign an agricultural cooperation agreement this month to underpin trade growth between the two countries, especially of the Kingdom’s agri exports. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnam-deal-agricultural-co-op-around-corner-senior-official-says
Indonesians invited to get slice of local agri markets
With agricultural production on a steady growth trajectory, even in the face of Covid-19, Phnom Penh welcomes Indonesian businessmen to invest in the Cambodian agricultural market, in hopes of bolstering capacity in response to an ongoing surge in domestic and international demand. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indonesians-invited-get-slice-local-agri-markets
Economic Growth revised to 3 percent this year
Cambodia’s economic growth has been revised to reach around 3 percent this year, thanks to the growth of the agricultural and industry sector. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50976291/economic-growth-revised-to-3-percent-this-year/
Agriculture sector must prepare now for climate change
Agricultural priorities for establishing food security in the face of a global climate crisis were the subject of regional workshop on Monday. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50967731/agriculture-sector-must-prepare-now-for-climate-change/
US trade swells to nearly $6.5B in Jan-Sept
Trade between Cambodia and the US totalled $6.4793 billion in the first nine months of 2021, marking a 28.37 per cent year-on-year uptick from $5.0471 billion, according to the US Census Bureau (USCB). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-trade-swells-nearly-65b-jan-sept
Rice exports top 3M tonnes in Jan-Oct
Even as a shipping-container shortage and rising transportation costs stymie the growth of milled rice exports to European and other Western markets, Cambodia managed to ship out 3,119,829 tonnes of the crop abroad, worth $957.30 million, in the first 10 months of 2021, according to ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-top-3m-tonnes-jan-oct
Rice exports fall 14 percent even as overall agriculture shipments rise
Cambodia exported 460,169 tonnes of milled rice, worth $393 million, from January to October this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. That represents a 14 percent drop in volume from the same period last year. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963180/rice-exports-fall-14-percent-even-as-overall-agriculture-shipments-rise/
Cambodia’s agricultural exports up over 47 percent in first 10 months
Some 4,221,153 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first ten months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963305/cambodias-agricultural-exports-up-over-47-percent-in-first-10-months/