Agricultural commodities, processing and products
Crop products and commodities
Making palm sugar harvest attractive again
Kampong Speu Palm Sugar, which has a geographical indication (GI) status, is seeing lower production due to a labour shortage. Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion Association (KSPSPA) president, Sam Saroeun, said on Tuesday that production fell from 300 tonnes last year to 250 tonnes this ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/making-palm-sugar-harvest-attractive-again
Rubber exports surge by 22%
Cambodian rubber exports surged 22 per cent during the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period last year, figures from the Ministry of Agriculture said. Local producers exported 140,303 tonnes of rubber during the period – an increase of 25,240 tonnes ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-surge-22
Chinese imports are the salt of the Earth
Cambodia will ink an agreement with China next week to import 30,000 tonnes of salt by the end of November, said co-president of the Kep-Kampot Salt Producers Community (KKSPC) Ly Sang. Sang told The Post on Monday that the KKSPC will receive Ministry of Industry ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-imports-are-salt-earth
Cashew sector pared down as farmers change crops
Cashew nut production in the Kingdom declined by more than 50 per cent in the three years leading up to last year, as farmers followed the market by switching to other crops, figures from the Ministry of Agriculture indicate. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cashew-sector-pared-down-farmers-change-crops
Cassava in focus of Green Leader, UN deal
Hong Kong-based Green Leader Holding Group and the United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP) signed a cost-sharing agreement on Thursday to implement an $800,000 project on accelerating the cassava market. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-focus-green-leader-un-deal
Kratie disputants protest in capital
Some 300 villagers from Kratie province’s Snuol district protested outside the land management ministry in Phnom Penh on Thursday, calling for a solution to their long-running land dispute with a rubber plantation in the province. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-disputants-protest-capital
Nine communities join contract farming scheme
Nine more agricultural communities in Kampong Thom province have joined the government’s Boosting Food Projection Programme, entering a contract farming scheme with local exporter Amru Rice. The communities have recently signed agreements with Amru Rice, agreeing to supply a combined 8,000 tonnes of paddy rice ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50525637/nine-communities-join-contract-farming-scheme/
RDB to request an extra $50 million to beef up agriculture emergency fund
The Rural Development Bank (RDB), a state-own institution, plans to request an additional $50 million to beef up the government-led emergency fund for the agriculture sector, according to a bank representative. ...
Local mango planters can still depend on EU market: Exporter
Despite the failure to export to China and South Korea local planters can expect a boost in the exportation of fresh mangoes to the European Union (EU) provided they have quality products, said an exporter yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519681/local-mango-planters-can-still-depend-on-eu-market-exporter/
Deal signed with China over banana exports
The Kingdom on Thursday signed a joint phytosanitary protocol for banana exports to China, with officials saying this was the first move in promoting the product on the world stage. The agreement was signed by the Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Xiong Bo and Agriculture Minster ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deal-signed-china-over-banana-exports
Families shift from traditional to organic farming methods
The SAC, an investment initiative by the Japanese government, enables farmers in the province to enhance the quality of their yield and sell their crops to high-end buyers, including casinos and upscale restaurants in Bavet city and Phnom Penh. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50518904/families-shift-from-traditional-to-organic-farming-methods/
Hundreds of farmers join cassava contract farming scheme
Ten agricultural communities in three provinces will now produce organic cassava that will be sold at a higher value than the market price, giving hundreds of farmers a chance to earn a better living. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517745/hundreds-of-farmers-join-cassava-contract-farming-scheme/
New organic markets open in Siem Reap and Kampong Thom
Under its Boosting Food Projection programme, the government has now successfully opened eight markets for chemical-free vegetables in eight provinces across the country. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517256/new-organic-markets-open-in-siem-reap-and-kampong-thom/
Corn harvest begins in northeast amid price dip
Corn harvest season has begun in the Kingdom, but farmers in the northwest are facing a price decline, and hinting they may seek markets in neighbouring Thailand for their crops. Prior to the harvest, provincial authorities reported corn prices at around 630 riel per kilogram ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/corn-harvest-begins-northeast-amid-price-dip
Salt body to import 30k tonnes from Thailand, China
The Kingdom will import 30,000 tonnes of salt to meet domestic demand as stockpiles are expected to empty by November, a leader from the Salt Producers Community of Kampot-Kep said. Citing the impact heavy rains have had on the industry, co-executive director of the body, ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/salt-body-import-30k-tonnes-thailand-china
Provincial farmers advised to harvest earlier
The Ministry of Water Resources yesterday advised farmers in Stung Treng, Kratie, Tbong Khmum and Kampong Cham provinces to speed up harvesting their crops due to impending floods coming in the next few days. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50512521/provincial-farmers-advised-to-harvest-earlier/
Kingdom’s rubber exports bounce high in first half
Cambodian rubber exports surged 21 percent during the first half of the year, compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday. Local producers exported 84,419 tonnes of rubber during the first six months of this year, an increase of ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-rubber-exports-bounce-high-first-half
National strategy for cassava industry launched
The government has officially launched its new strategy for the cassava industry, which aims to position Cambodia as a reliable supplier of cassava-based products to the global market, according to a high-ranking government official. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50510278/national-strategy-for-cassava-industry-launched/
RDB projects rising rice loan demand for harvest
State-owned Rural Development Bank (RDB) projected that the demand for loans in the rice sector will increase this season, said CEO Kao Thach on Monday. He said while more rice facilities are ready for operation this year, there will be more demand for loans. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rdb-projects-rising-rice-loan-demand-harvest
Rice silo and warehouse launched
A new set of warehouse and silo funded through a government-led loan scheme was inaugurated Friday in Kampong Speu province. Khmer Food Group has built a warehouse with a maximum capacity of 50,000 tonnes, as well as a silo that can process up to 1,500 ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509532/rice-silo-and-warehouse-launched/
Salt body to name quota for imports
Salt producers in the Kingdom will meet next week to finalise import quotas in line with domestic demand, the chief technical officer of the Kep-Kampot Salt Producers community (KKSPC) said on Sunday. Last month, the KKSPC said Cambodia needed to import approximately 30,000 tonnes of ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/salt-body-name-quota-imports
Facility for rice opens in Battambang
Cambodia’s first $15 million rice storage and drying facility made its official debut on Tuesday, while three other facilities are set to open later this week, according to insiders. The Battambang province–based rice storage facility, which is operated by Thanakea Srov (Kampuchea) Plc, received a ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/facility-rice-opens-battambang
Thailand seeks formation of cassava bloc
Thailand wants to form a coalition with Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, all cassava-producing nations, to guarantee a stable price for the commodity and avoid future price wars, according to an article published yesterday in the Bangkok Post. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50503128/thailand-seeks-formation-of-cassava-bloc/
Amru bags rice deals worth almost $10M
Amru Rice Group, one of Cambodia’s largest rice exporters, on Thursday signed a contract purchase agreement with 4,000 organic rice farmers in Preah Vihear province. The agreement effectively means that the company will reserve nearly $10 million to purchase around 30,000 tonnes of organic paddy ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/amru-bags-rice-deals-worth-almost-10m