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Korea opens market to Cambodian mangoes
Mango growers now have access to the South Korean market following an agreement signed on Friday between officials from Korea and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Sum Mane
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24424/korea-opens-market-to-cambodian-mangoes/
Agricultural experts say Cambodia would benefit from organic certifications
Cambodian agricultural experts are suggesting a national standard for organic products.Cambodian farmers are increasingly growing organic rice and vegetables in some places, but there is no official certification available. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/agricultural-experts-say-cambodia-would-benefit-from-organic-certifications/3130402.html
Cambodians rated as ‘hungry’ drop in new Global index
Cambodians have experienced one of the largest drops in the rate of hunger in the world over the past quarter century, though the situation in the country still remains “serious,” according to a new report by three international NGOs. Cambodia cut its score in the ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodians-rated-as-hungry-drop-in-new-global-index-70160/
Cambodian rat meat: A growing export market
A unique harvest is under way in the rice fields of Cambodia where tens of thousands of wild rats are being trapped alive each day to feed a growing export market for the meat of rural rodents. Popularly considered a disease-carrying nuisance in many societies, the ...
Kevin Doyle
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28863315
Rice industry caught in flux
The rice industry’s quest for greater quality at lower cost reached a dead end yesterday at a conference in Phnom Penh, with exporters and farmers polarised on how to achieve greater returns for the industry. The workshop, titled “Improving Rice Value Chain and Enhancing Farmers’ Livelihoods”, ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-industry-caught-flux
Cambodia produces 9.3 mln tonnes of paddy rice last year
Cambodia had produced 9.3 million tons of paddy rice in 2013, which was comparable to the amount in 2012, according to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday. Hean Vanhorn, director of the single window secretariat for facilitating milled rice exports, called on ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/838958.shtml#.UuHaSMr-LIU
FAO Predicts Rice Crop to Match Last Year’s
The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts that Cambodia’s rice crop this year will equal but not exceed last year’s record yield. In its July rice market monitor report, issued quarterly, the FAO said that weather conditions meant this year’s rice crop would not reach ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/fao-predicts-rice-crop-to-match-last-years-38297/
Farmers Petition to Change Agricultural Draft Law
About 200 farmers protested in front of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday and submitted a petition requesting changes to a draft law on the management of agricultural land, which rights groups have said could effectively legalize land grabs from poor farmers. The government says the ...
FAO Raises Paddy Production Outlook
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has raised its forecast of global paddy production in 2012 by about 1.5 million tonnes to 730 million tonnes (487 million tonnes, milled). The scaling up of production mainly concerned Asian countries, in particular Cambodia, ...
Cambodian rice popular across Asia
Cambodian milled rice is becoming more popular throughout Asia, particularly in Malaysia, which is the number one importer of milled rice from the Kingdom. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Malaysia imported over 7,000 tonnes of a total 25,700 tonnes exported ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022561575/Business/cambodian-rice-popular-across-asia.html
Rice shipments up 165 per cent
Exports of Cambodian milled rice rose sharply during the first four weeks of this year, and traders are optimistic about the demand in Asian markets, particularly China. Figures from the one-stop service office at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) show the Kingdom exported ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022261557/Business/rice-shipments-up165-per-cent.html
