Agriculture and fishing

Population depends on agriculture 2014 :  73%

(Source: The World Bank)

Total rice production 2009 – 2012:  7.58 – 9.29 million tons

(Source: NSDP, 2014-2081)

Total fish catchment 2013:  718,000 tonnes

* 73% fresh water

* 14% the sea

(Source: The Phnom Penh Post, 2014)

 

 

 

Rice farmers working in the field, Kandal province, Cambodia. Photo by ILO/ Khem Sovannara, taken on 12 July 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0