Rice mills need to show solidarity, minister says
At the Cambodian Rice Forum 2012, Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun said that if the Kingdom wants to reach the government’s goal of exporting 1 million tons of rice annually by 2015, rice mills need to join forces and work closely together. … Such an association [of rice exporters] exists. The Federation of Cambodian Rice Exporters was launched in June 2012 with the staged goal of bringing rice millers closer together. …The rice association’s chairman, Kim Savuth, agreed with the benefits of more solidarity among millers, but said there were still hurdles. He said many millers do not yet see the big picture around competition. Some of them undercut other millers when selling to foreign buyers, but such a strategy ends up hurting their profits. … But the quality and quantity of the Kingdom’s milled rice is expected to improve, given around US$200 million in modern rice mill investment since 2011. …
