Farmers of cassava afraid of losing out to a lack of rainfall
The price for cassava plants is increasing in the Kingdom’s north-western provinces, where the new season started. Due to the lack of rain many were damaged, according to farmers and officials. Sreng Sreang, deputy director of the Pailin longan collective, which planted about five hectares of land, said that among 10 people he had met, at least four confirmed that their cassava plants were damaged because it had not rained in the province. … In 2012, a bunch of cassava was between 500 riel and 1,000 riel, he said. However, this year they were at 1,800 riel a bunch. …
