MFI Increases Loans as Economy Grows
As rising economic growth spurred demand for personal loans, Prasac, Cambodia’s biggest microfinance institution (MFI), provided $106 million in loans between March, 2012 and March, 2013, an increase of 66 per cent compared with the corresponding period a year earlier. “Loans [were] mainly used for service ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041965111/Business/mfi-increases-loans-as-economy-grows.html
Slight fall in food price index
Global food prices fell 1 per cent or two points in the October 2012 Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Food Price Index released on October 7, 2012. The index averaged 213 points, compared to September’s revised level of 215 points. According to the FAO, the decrease ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110959664/Business/slight-fall-in-food-price-index.html
(English) MEA, WAPCOS sign agreements for assisting Cambodia in water resources management
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NetIndian News Network
http://netindian.in/news/2014/05/14/00029084/mea-wapcos-sign-agreements-assisting-cambodia-water-resources-management
CEDAC Introduces Guidlines
The Cambodian Centre for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) yesterday introduced techniques to prepare a good rice harvest for farmers ahead of the rainy season, CEDAC announced. Yang Saing Koma, president of CEDAC, said farmers could improve their harvests if they follow the seven steps. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053065930/Business/cedac-introduces-guidlines.html
Grasslands present dilemma
A week after British researchers released a study warning that the nation’s grasslands would soon be lost if drastic action was not taken to protect them, some agricultural experts have called for moderation, noting that the intensive rice cultivation blamed for the grasslands’ destruction is ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032664676/National/grasslands-present-dilemma.html
New Law to Support the Creation of Farmers’ Cooperatives
Agriculture Ministry officials said yesterday that they would soon complete a new law to regulate and support the creation of farmers’ cooperatives. They said the law would allow farmers to organize cooperatives, which could improve their market position and allow access to financial and technical ...
Fake potash reduces rice profits and farm output
A senior agricultural official is concerned by the prevalence of fake fertilizers that cause stunted rice crops and reduce farmers’ profits. Ngin Chhay, director of the Rice Crops Department in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, told the Development Research Forum in Phnom Penh yesterday the products were ...
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ក្រសួងសេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងសហព័ន្ធស្រូវអង្ករកម្ពុជាកាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញបានពិភាក្សាជាមួយគម្រោងមូលនិធិអន្តរជាតិសម្រាប់ការអភិវឌ្ឍកសិកម្ម (IFAD) ដើម្បីត្រួតពិនិត្យលើគម្រោងជំរុញទីផ្សារសម្រាប់កសិករខ្នាតតូច (AIMS) រយៈពេល ៥ ឆ្នាំដែលគ្រោងនឹងប្រើប្រាស់ថវិកា ៨៥ លានដុល្លារក្នុងការលើកកម្ពស់ផលិតផលកសិកម្ម ១០ ប្រភេទ។ ...
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As Climate Changes, Farmers Need More Help
The government is not doing enough to help farmers weather the destructive effects of drought and flooding brought on by climate change, leaving NGOs to provide aid and emergency relief in cases of natural disaster, agriculture industry leaders said at a forum yesterday. ...
U.S. imports large volume of organic rice
An unusual report shows that organic rice buyers in the U.S. are getting a large percentage of their rice from Cambodia. The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) exported 114 tonnes of organic jasmine rice to the U.S. in the first quarter of ...
http://www.agprofessional.com/news/US-imports-large-volume-of-organic-rice-201976661.html
Better worker food needed: Survey
A new study has determined that cost and space are the biggest constraints to setting up canteens in Cambodia’s garment factories. The findings were presented on Monday night at a cocktail party attended by Cambodia’s former ambassador to the US, Roland Eng, the Swedish Ambassador Anne ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012060656611/Business/better-worker-food-needed.html
Staff Protest Corruption at Telecom Cambodia
The director-general of Telecom Cambodia, one of the country’s most highly regarded state-owned enterprises and a candidate for listing on the stock exchange, has left his post amid an investigation into corruption allegations, the minister of posts and telecommunications said on Thursday. Despite the staff’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/staff-protest-corruption-at-telecom-cambodia-10535/
Cedac buys rice miller to boost imports
The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture, or Cedac, has built a $500,000 rice mill in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district in the hope of exporting more milled rice overseas, an official said yesterday. “We expect that in 2013, we would export between 200 tons and ...
Digging deep outside the law
Weak enforcement of mining laws excludes local communities from the decision-making process and smudges the revenue transparency, said George Boden, a campaigner at watchdog group Global Witness. Weak enforcement of mining laws excludes local communities from the decision-making process and smudges the revenue transparency, said ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011090251412/Business/digging-deep-outside-the-law.html
Xayaburi study questioned
A study the Lao government has used to claim the Xayaburi dam would be harmless if redesigned has been criticised for not addressing concerns about the project’s effect on fish in the Lower Mekong river. Lao Vice Minister of Energy and Mines Viraponh Viravong was reported ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052156277/National-news/xayaburi-study-questioned.html
ការសិក្សាមួយ បង្ហាញពីការគាំទ្រថ្នាក់មូលដ្ឋាន
ការសិក្សាថ្មីមួយ ដែលធ្វើការតស៊ូមតិលើវិធីសាស្ត្រពីក្រោមឡើងទៅលើ (bottom-up) នៃទិដ្ឋភាពអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលរបស់កម្ពុជា។ ការសិក្សានេះ ធ្វើឡើងដើម្បីអំពាវនាវឱ្យម្ចាស់ជំនួយអន្តរជាតិ ផ្លាស់ប្តូរយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រការគាំទ្ររបស់ខ្លួន និងជម្រុញឯករាជ្យភាព ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/support-grassroots-study
Cambodia, N Korea Look to Forge Trade Ties
North Korea and Cambodia have attempting to increase trade between the two nations with Cambodia exporting rice and North Korea exporting knowledge. North Korea is set to share its knowledge of small scale hydropower and mining expertise in exchange for rice, beans and corn imports. ...
Workers Blame Mass Fainting on 'Angry Spirit'
After pounding on her chest and demanding a pig’s head, fruits and flowers to be offered to the angry spirit that she believed had taken over her body, garment worker Srey Mom collapsed on the floor of the Global Factory in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol ...
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កម្ពុជាកំពុងទទួលរងនូវផលប៉ះពាល់ហួសហេតុពីឧស្ម័នកម្ដៅដែលបាន បញ្ចេញដោយប្រទេសអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ជាច្រើន។ នេះបើយោងតាមការសិក្សាថ្មីមួយដែលបានចេញផ្សាយក្នុងទស្សនាវដ្តី Nature កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ។ ...
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ការស្រាវជ្រាវ៖ រោងចក្របរាជ័យក្នុងការដោះស្រាយបញ្ហារបស់កម្មាការិនី
បើទោះបីជាមានចំនួនកម្មាការិនីដ៏ច្រើនលើសលុបក្តី រោងចក្រកាត់ដេរជាច្រើនក្នុងខេត្ត កំពង់ស្ពឺបានបរាជ័យក្នុងការដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាសុខមាលភាពមាតានិងទារកដែល ជាតម្រូវការ នៃបុគ្គលិករបស់ពួកគេ នេះបើយោងតាមការសិក្សាស្រាវជ្រាវថ្មីមួយដែល ...
Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factories-failing-women-study-108780/