Palm farmers eye a sweet deal

13 September 2016
The Phnom Penh Post
Crop products and commodities / Sugar / Trade
Cambodia Institute for Research and Rural Development / geographical indication (GI) / Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion Association (KPSA) / Kampong Speu Palm Tree Agricultural Cooperative / Ker Monthivuth / palm sugar / Prak Sereywath / Sam Saroeun / Unilever / Unilever Cambodia

Palm sugar producers in Kampong Speu province say they are ready to scale up and meet demand as global consumer goods giant Unilever looks to source palm sugar for its products from the Cambodian market. Prak Sereywath, president of the Cambodia Institute for Research and Rural Development, said the potential supply deal could catapult the niche sugar product into a mainstream export item. …

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