Kampot Seeks to Rise Pepper Production in 2012
After the harvesting of peppers from Jan 1 to May 31 this year, farmers in Kampot province were able to harvest 16 tons and the hope is to increase production to 20 tons in 2012. Nguon Lay, the head of Kampot pepper community, said on Aug 9 that the pepper that is being exported has a nice taste…The pepper community has existing partnerships with 15 companies and two other big companies will also join in 2012. The ministry’s figures from June 2011 show that peppers that were exported had increased to 18.16 tons (worth US $140,817) compared to 3 tons (worth US $37,780) in 2010 (p 28).
