US supports $2.7m in loans for agriculture

The US government is working with a Cambodian microfinance institution to finance $2.7million in loans to farmers and small- and medium-sized agro-businesses in Battambang, Kompong Thom, Pursat and Siem Reap provinces in order to improve their access to credit, the US Embassy said. USAid will work with Thaneakea Phum Ltd, a for-profit business, during the next four years to make its loans in these provinces larger and with longer repayment periods, the embassy said in a statement on Friday…