Agriculture and fishing
El Nino likely to set new weather records: Experts
The impact of El Nino in 2016 will likely surpass last year’s record to become strongest ever in history, according to experts. Hoang Duc Cuong, Director of Vietnam’s National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting, issued the forecast at a conference held late last week to review the national ...
Southern rubber growers in Trang to discuss demands
Leaders of rubber growers in the South met in Trang province on 12 January for a meeting with the provincial governor and to discuss their demands that the government help increase the price of rubber. About 30 representatives of southern rubber growers gathered at the Trang branch ...
Rice exports miss the mark again
Five years after setting out an ambitious 1 million-tonne milled rice export target, Cambodia’s rice sector fell well short of the mark last year, exporting close to 550,000 tonnes, with industry experts cautiously optimistic over export increases in 2016. The Agriculture Ministry’s report, released on 8 January, ...
Rubber row flares amid rally threat
Rubber farmers in the South are threatening to stage a major rally and a hunger strike if their demands for government action to shore up falling prices are not met. Saksarit Sriprasart, a leader of rubber farmers in Trang, said a network of small planters in the southern ...
China starts rice imports from Laos
The first shipment of rice imports from Laos have passed through inspection and quarantine procedures at south China’s Shenzhen port, according to local authorities. The shipment weighed 87.8 tonnes and was valued at 746 million U.S. dollars, said the Shenzhen Entry-Exit Inspection And Quarantine Bureau. Keep reading ...
Prayut says useless for rubber farmers to protest
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on 7 January warned rubber farmers not to protest, saying he would not comply to their request while they could face legal actions. Keep reading ...
Downward spiral persists in exports of Lao coffee amid world price slump
The volume of coffee exports from Laos has decreased continually over the past couple of years due to a slump in coffee prices on the world market. Total coffee exports in 2014 reached 26,000 tonnes at an estimated value of US$60 million (Bt16.6 billion), which fell ...
Thailand plans 2m more tonnes of G-to-G rice sales
The Thai government aims to sell over 2 million tonnes of rice this year on a government-to-government (G-to-G) basis. But it admits a renewed attempt to sell rice to Iran may hit a snag because of escalating political conflict in the Middle East. Chutima Bunyapraphasara, Commerce Ministry permanent ...
Devastated farmers blame polluting factories for tons of dead fish on southern river
Officials are still awaiting test results but fish farmers believe that untreated waste discharged by factories along the Dong Nai River had killed a large number of fish in just one night. A total of 241 families in Dong Nai Province said they woke up on ...
Rice warehouses are put back on the table in talks with China
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce announced last week a $400 million proposal by three Chinese firms to build state-run rice warehousing facilities to increase the Kingdom’s storage capacity. Lacking such capacity has been a longstanding issue that sector experts say has in part hampered ambitions of reaching the ...
