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Sales of palm sugar not so sweet
- 12 July 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Investment / Sugar / Trade
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights / Chan Sokha / Geographical Indication status / GI Status / Kampong Speu / Oudong / palm sugar / Palm Sugar Promotion Association / Rice Farming / Samrong Tong district / Son Saroeun / Sou Savorn / sugar / World Trade Organization / WTO certified palm sugar
Sales of Cambodia’s World Trade Organization-certified palm sugar from Kampong Speu province dipped to 12 tonnes at the end of the harvest season this year, about a 30 per cent decline from 2012. Two districts with palm trees in Kampong Speu province were granted geographical indication ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sales-palm-sugar-not-so-sweet
Sugar Playing Catch-Up With Spice
- 15 March 2013
- Independent European Daily Express
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Pepper / Public land lease / Sugar / Trade
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Dotted with rice fields flanked by palm trees, Cambodia’s southeastern province of Kampong Speu is nothing short of picturesque. But behind the idyllic exterior is an on-going struggle to turn this region’s natural beauty into a global attraction and improve the lot of poor local farmers, ...
http://www.iede.co.uk/news/2013_1290/sugar-playing-catch-spice
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