Severe Rains Slow Salt Farmers’ Harvest Goals
Salt farmers in Kampot and Kep may be unable to harvest the roughly 90,000 tons they sell annually due to excessive rains, and the country may have to turn to foreign markets, producers said yesterday. Ly Sreng, deputy chief of the Kep-Kampot Salt Producers Community, which purchases from a collective of 191 farmers spanning 450 hectares, said the group would likely not meet the country’s need unless rains cease completely until May. …
