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Palm sugar finds a sweet market niche

Demand for Kampong Speu palm sugar has surged, with orders already up 70 per cent this year, as appetite for the premium organic sugar product grows, boosting its price. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/palm-sugar-finds-sweet-market-niche

Reththy, agriculture ministry continue to squabble

The Ministry of Agriculture has rejected a request from private-sector rubber firms – led by agricultural tycoon Mong Reththy – for a meeting to discuss the floundering fortunes of the nation’s rubber sector, claiming the ministry was busy and was already addressing the issue. ...

Sor Chandara and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/reththy-agriculture-ministry-continue-squabble

Microfinance success stories from the countryside

When Chheung Rattana was married a few years ago, the only thing she and her new husband inherited from their families was a small plot of land to grow rice on. It was a tough start for the newlyweds, who decided that the only way ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22923/microfinance-success-stories-from-the-countryside/

Tractors prove steady sellers

Tractor sales continued to grow last year, driven by a shortage of labour in the agricultural sector and farmer cooperatives increasingly pooling their resources to buy farm equipment to serve their members. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tractors-prove-steady-sellers

Bodies swap control over ELCs, preserves

Authority over economic land concessions (ELCs) currently under the purview of the Ministry of Environment will be transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, while all protected areas and nature preserves currently under the Ministry of Agriculture will pass to the Ministry of Environment, according to ...

Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bodies-swap-control-over-elcs-preserves

Farmers to reap info flow: gov’t

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will roll out a new Agricultural Extension Policy that will look to boost the sector by making new knowledge and technology easily accessible to farmers and communities, in a bid to increase efficiency and productivity in the sector. ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/farmers-reap-info-flow-govt

Ministry stamps out butts

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday cancelled an import permit for a Cambodian company after it came to light that “natural fertilizer” it had ordered from Ukraine was composed largely of cigarette butts, a ministry statement said. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-stamps-out-butts

Cambodian PM urges Chinese to invest in agricultural processing plants

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday urged Chinese companies to focus their investments in processing plants for agricultural products in order to help increase the country’s productivity for exports. The premier made the suggestion during a meeting with a visiting Chinese delegation led by Wang ...

Xinhuanet News
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/28/c_132836976.htm

Cambodia, China Ink Seven Agreements

Cambodia and China, on June 13th, inked an agreement to strengthen their ties and showed they have become comprehensive strategic partners as ties between the two countries boosts bilateral trade to reach a level of 5 billion US dollars by 2017. Eang Sophallet, an assistant to Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen, told media that ...

http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/

Laos Urges Cambodian Businesspeople to Invest More

President of Laos National Assembly, Her Excellency Pany Yathotou, on September 1st arrived here for the four-day official visit in order to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the neighboring countries “Both sides will exchange visits of the officials and lawmakers of National Assemblies to strengthen bonds and ...

http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/

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