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Cassava farmers rely on Thai seed imports

17 June 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Imports / Trade
agricultural crops / Agriculture & Agri-business / Banteay Meanchey / Banteay Meanchey Province / Cassava / cassava farmers / cassava plantation / Climate Change / crops / cultivable areas / damaged crop / Farmers / Foreign Buyers / Imports / Run Sophanara / seed imports / seeds / Thailand

Cassava farmers in Banteay Meanchey province had to import seeds from Thailand this season in response to rapidly-changing weather conditions that interfered with seed growth. Te Haing, a cassava farmer in Banteay Meanchey who planted more than 1,000 hectares this season, told the Post yesterday that ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061766299/Business/cassava-farmers-rely-on-thai-seed-imports.html

Agriculture needs more loans, irrigation systems, experts say

20 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Banking and financial services / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Rice
ACLEDA Bank / agricultural organisation / Agriculture & Agri-business / agriculture sector / Cambodia Chamber of Commerce / canal water / CEDAC / CEDAC president / crop / crop yields / cultivable areas / Farmers / financial / irrigation / irrigation system / Lim Heng / Lim Kean Hor / loan / low-interest loans / Minister of Water Resources and Metrology / private sector development / rainfall / rice / rice cultivation / rice sector / Srey Chanthy / Yang Saing Koma

Accessing low-interest loans for rice cultivation is a challenge because the industry in Cambodia is dependant upon rainfall and not irrigation and is thus more risky, experts said last week. In a meeting on the private sector development in the rice sector, Lim Heng, vice president ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052065704/Business/agriculture-needs-more-loans-irrigation-systems-experts-say.html

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