Agricultural commodities, processing and products
Crop products and commodities
Kandal centre to monitor veggie quality
A centre to improve the standard and quality of agricultural products, especially vegetables, will be set up in Kandal province soon, the director of the provincial agriculture department said yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083526/kandal-centre-monitor-veggie-quality/
“The more we produce rice, the poorer and poorer we get”
For millennia, rice has been the backbone of Cambodia’s all-encompassing agricultural sector. But with global rice prices falling and neighbouring countries such as Thailand and Vietnam mobilising their vast resources and workforces to boost domestic production, experts say the crop that has underpinned the nation’s ...
Paul Millar
http://sea-globe.com/cambodia-future-rice/#
Ministry issues cassava virus warning
The Ministry of Agriculture has alerted cassava farmers, traders, and importers about a new virus attacking cassava, instructing local authorities to work together with the industry to stem its spread. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082521/ministry-issues-cassava-virus-warning/
Chemical-free vegetable project takes off fast
A government project to boost the production of chemical-free vegetables has taken-off, with supplies already available in Cambodian markets, according to an Agriculture Ministry official. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081484/chemical-free-vegetable-project-takes-off-fast/
China seeks rubber imports
China wants to import 300,000 tonnes of rubber from Cambodia by early next year, as the Cambodian government boosts its capacity for direct rubber exports to China. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081294/china-seeks-rubber-imports/
Two new rice seeds to be introduced to farmers
Two new rice seeds – Japonica and Indica – would be introduced to Cambodian farmers in order to diversify the markets for Cambodian rice, according to a local media report. ...
Ou Sokha
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=108845
80 tons of Kampot pepper expected to be on market this year
Kampot pepper, a Cambodian product that got geographical indication (IG) certification from the European Union, is expected to yield 80 matrix tons for the markets by this year. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=108800
Osaka investors eye Cambodia
A Japanese delegation from Osaka province has expressed its intention to invest in Cambodia’s agriculture sector, after its meeting with Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079416/osaka-investors-eye-cambodia/
RDB making plans for rice processing facilities
The Rural Development Bank (RDB) is seeking proposals from registered Cambodian agricultural firms to develop rice storage warehouses and rice-drying facilities in Kampong Thom, Prey Veng and Takeo provinces, each with the capacity to store 50,000 tonnes of paddy rice and dry approximately 1,500 tonnes ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rdb-making-plans-rice-processing-facilities
80-tonne export goal for pepper
Kampot pepper, which received geographical indication (GI) certification from the European Union last year, expects 80 tonnes to go on the export market this year, thanks to demand and increased production. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078935/80-tonne-export-goal-pepper/
Pepper sector shaken by boom
The traditional supply chain dynamics for the renowned Kampot pepper are breaking down due to a market boom that has brought large-scale investment into pepper cultivation, while sidelining the small shareholders that rely on the benefits of being part of the association that represents them. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pepper-sector-shaken-boom
Bangladesh signs big rice deal
Two weeks after Bangladesh and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Phnom Penh to purchase rice from Cambodia, on Monday of this week Bangladesh signed a deal to buy 250,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078380/bangladesh-signs-big-rice-deal/
Government to promote pepper trade
Royal Government of Cambodia is drawing up strategic plan to promote both the quality and sustainable markets for Cambodia’s pepper. ...
Lim Nary
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=107821
Government opens $27M emergency fund to corn farmers
The government has officially made $27 million in emergency funds, initially intended for the rice sector, available for struggling corn farmers at a 5 percent annual interest rate to help prop up low market prices and free up liquidity after farmers protested earlier this month, ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-opens-27m-emergency-fund-corn-farmers
Rubber exports bounce higher
Cambodian rubber exports surged 37 percent during the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2016, as the Kingdom’s rising harvest capacity coincided with firmer global demand for rubber products. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-bounce-higher
Corn farmers welcome government action
As the government used the untapped funds of an emergency rice loan package to support struggling corn farmers , people in the sector considered this action as a good solution although there was not much success proved. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://bit.ly/2teim3G
Government to tap emergency rice fund to help corn farmers
The government will use the untapped funds of an emergency rice loan package to support struggling corn farmers who have protested the low market prices for their crop this season, state officials said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-tap-emergency-rice-fund-help-corn-farmers
After protest, farmers’ unrest spreads to neighboring districts
After about 500 protesting farmers blockaded a national road in Battambang province last week, local authorities in neighboring districts are now making efforts to placate hundreds of other farmers also restless over depressed corn and cassava prices. ...
Leng Len
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protest-farmers-unrest-spreads-neighboring-districts-132586/
Corn farmers block road over low prices
Hundreds of corn farmers blocked a main road in Battambang province on Thursday, hoping the barricade would persuade Prime Minister Hun Sen to put pressure on traders to raise the dwindling crop prices that are hurting their livelihoods. ...
Leng Len
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/corn-farmers-block-road-over-low-prices-132502/
China to buy more Cambodian rubber
China is expected to purchase 300,000 tonnes of rubber from Cambodia in 2018, according to a commerce ministry statement. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40122/china-to-buy-more-cambodian-rubber/
Rice mogul spices up business with pepper
Cambodia rice mogul Song Saran, the CEO of one of the Kingdom’s top rice exporters, will diversify his agricultural business interests with the construction of a factory to clean and process locally grown pepper, he said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-mogul-spices-business-pepper
Agro-processing SEZ moves closer to reality
A Chinese firm that plans to invest $2 billion into developing the Kingdom’s first special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated solely to agricultural processing and storage has signed on a new partner to help jumpstart the stalled project, a top agriculture official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agro-processing-sez-moves-closer-reality
More mangoes going to France under deal
Mong Reththy Group (MRG), the Kingdom’s largest agro-industrial conglomerate, has secured a deal to export additional volumes of locally grown mangoes to France, the company announced yesterday on its Facebook page. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-mangoes-going-france-under-deal
India-Cambodia rubber venture
India plans to produce latex concentrate for the manufacture of specialised products with high tensile strength and resilience from fresh latex collected in Cambodian rubber plantations. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39783/india-cambodia-rubber-venture/