CEDAC pools capital to produce organic rice
Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), a Cambodian agricultural organisation, will collect US$20 million from the Kingdom’s farmers through 2022 in an attempt to accumulate capital for organic rice production. … Oun Sophal, president of CEDAC’s Farmer Network from Kampot province’s Dang Tong district, said that there are 40,000 organic rice farming families in the county. The production of organic rice has saved many farmers on the cost of chemicals. Pesticides also reduce rice yields. … Mao Thora, secretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce, said the ministry promoted the production of all kinds of rice, not just organic rice.
