Independent European Daily Express
Sugar Playing Catch-Up With Spice
- 15 March 2013
- Independent European Daily Express
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Pepper / Public land lease / Sugar / Trade
- arsenic contamination / bio-pesticides / Bridges Across Borders / Cambodian Organic Agricultural Association / COrAA / EBA / EU / European Union aid / Everything but Arms trade agreement / FDI / forced evictions / foreign direct investment / France / Geographical Indication status / GI label / GI registration / GI Status / Japanese aid / Kampong Chhang province / Kampong Chhnang / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion Association / Kampot / Kampot pepper / Kampot Pepper Promotion Association / KPPA / KPSA / Land grabs / Ministry of Commerce / motorbike taxi drivers / palm sugar / palm tree / palm trees / pepper / Pepper Project / poisonous chemicals / Starling Farm / sugar / sugar cane / sugar cane industry / sugar cane plantations / sugar production / Sun Somnang / Taiwan / Takeo / Takeo Province / Tourism
Dotted with rice fields flanked by palm trees, Cambodia’s southeastern province of Kampong Speu is nothing short of picturesque. But behind the idyllic exterior is an on-going struggle to turn this region’s natural beauty into a global attraction and improve the lot of poor local farmers, ...
http://www.iede.co.uk/news/2013_1290/sugar-playing-catch-spice
Better to Ride These Bikes Than Make Them
- 28 January 2013
- Independent European Daily Express
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Investment / Special economic zones / Trade
- “Tai Seng zone” / A &J / Atlantic Cycle Co / Best Way Industry / Better Factories / bicycles / Bike EU / Chinese aid / CLEC / Community Legal Education Centre / EBA / EBMA / EU / European Bicycle Manufacturers’ Association / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / Everything But Arms Agreement / export industry / Generalized Scheme of Preferences / GSP / ILO / International Labour Organisation program / IPS / labour shortage / LDCs / least developed countries / low wages / Manhattan zone / manufacturing industry / SEZ / Smart Tech / Special Economic Zone / Strongman and A & J / Svay Reing / Svay Reing province / Svay Rieng / Thailand / U.S. / worker strikes
Cambodia’s export business is in the process of changing due to shifts in manufacturing in Asia. A business publication in the country has reported unexpected growth in the “machinery and transport equipment” sector and speculated it was as [sic] “probably bicycles.” But when Cambodia jumped ...
http://www.iede.co.uk/news/2013_750/better-ride-these-bikes-make-them
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