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Pig carcasses being smuggled from Cambodia to Thailand seized, driver of truck nabbed

About 1.5 metric tons of pork carcasses were seized by Thai Livestock and customs Sunday. The pork had been allegedly smuggled into Thailand’s eastern border province of Sa Kaeo from Cambodia, Thai media  PBS World reported. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501197255/pig-carcasses-being-smuggled-from-cambodia-to-thailand-seized-driver-of-truck-nabbed/

Families in protected areas get livestock aid

The Ministry of Environment has donated 1,000 domestic animals to residents and troops living in natural protected areas to provide livelihoods and encourage people to protect and conserve natural resources. ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-protected-areas-get-livestock-aid

Kingdom’s livestock production grew during the pandemic

MAFF’s data shows that as of Dec 2, 2020, livestock production increased from 42.02 million heads to 49.42 million heads, up 17.6 percent compared to the same period in 2019. Livestock production included fowl, (chicken and ducks), cattle (cows and buffalo), and poultry. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50789582/kingdoms-livestock-production-grew-during-the-pandemic/

Local livestock numbers increase to fill demand

Local livestock numbers have been reported to be on the rise, showing that local production will soon be able to increase supply to local markets, which currently still depend strongly on imports. ...

Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718744/local-livestock-numbers-increase-to-fill-demand/

In carbon, gains for agriculture

Paying Cambodian farmers to capture carbon by not removing mulch during planting and harvesting would help support climate change mitigation, reduce soil deterioration and return higher yields in the long term, say leading agriculture experts. Speaking at a conference in Phnom Penh last Friday, Professor Rattan ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062466434/Business/in-carbon-gains-for-agriculture.html

Cambodian greens see red in upcoming dams

For Meach Mean, a veteran campaigner against hydropower dams in Cambodia’s northeast, this year has brought a double dose of bad news. First, he says, two Chinese hydropower companies have begun feasibility studies into a pair of dams planned for tributaries of the Mekong River ...

http://www.gulf-times.com/environment/231/details/353963/cambodian-greens-see-red-in-upcoming-dams

The canes of wrath

Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...

http://sea-globe.com/sugar-cambodia/

Villagers Hit as Pond Dries Up

Hundreds of residents in five villages in southern Cambodia have been deprived of their sole source of water as a massive pond in their area has dried up, villagers said. The affected villagers of Sre Ronnong commune in Takeo Province’s Tram Kork district have been buying ...

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/water-02012013195339.html

Beef price almost doubles

High demand for beef, particularly during the Islamic Qurban festival which ended yesterday, caused beef prices to almost double compared with the same period last year, according to Islamic leaders and officials. Him Khortieth, IKatan  Mahabbah Muslimin’s (IMAN) representative in Cambodia, said the association planned to ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012103059462/Business/beef-price-almost-doubles.html

UN urges Cambodia to hold companies to account over land disputes

Companies that have seized land, confiscated livestock and destroyed homes and property have gone unpunished, the UN special rapporteur for Cambodia has said. Surya Subedi, professor of international law at Leeds University, said all the communities he had met raised the issue of misconduct by ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/may/14/un-cambodia-companies-land-disputes

Farmers with HIV/AIDS Gain Confidence, Skills With Program

Leng Sopheap used to wake up before the crack of dawn and walk with crates of vegetables from her farm to the nearby market underneath a blanket so her neighbors wouldn’t know they were buying produce from someone infected with HIV/AIDS. Not long after her ...

Oversupply leads to a fall in pork prices

Pig prices in Cambodia have fallen by 18 percent in the past three months due to a massive oversupply of pork in the country, an official at the Cambodian Pig Raisers Association said yesterday. The reason for the oversupply is twofold: Thailand increased its pig exports ...

Agriculture minister pushes for pig imports

The Minister for Agriculture yesterday appealed to buyers to address the shortage of pigs in Phnom Penh by applying for licenses that would allow them to import more livestock from neighbouring countries. An industry representative and a market expert, however, warned of the potential fallout that ...

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