Cambodia’s rice output forecast to be similar to last year
Cambodia’s production of paddy rice is forecast at about 9.3 million tonnes this year, unchanged from last year’s estimate but up from 8.8 million tonnes in 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said Thursday. In its latest quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, the UN agency also said that Cambodia’s exports of rice could be undermined by lower world prices. “The early forecast for 2014 rice trade, at 37.9 million tonnes, shows little change from the 2013 current estimate,” the report said. …
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
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