Pepper Crop in Kompong Cham Hit by Hot Weather
As this year’s pepper harvest gets under way, farmers in Kompong Cham province are expecting lower yields due to severe hot weather in recent months. … Yin Sopha, executive director of the Dar Memot Development Agriculture Pepper Cooperative, said the hot weather and lack of rain had wilted the peppers at their flowering stage, and left them more vulnerable to pests. … Kampot’s pepper farmers get lower yields than those in Kompong Cham. However, they receive higher prices thanks to the marketability of the pepper’s geographical indicator, which means Kampot pepper is in demand overseas. …
