Agriculture and fishing
Agriculture
Caffeine high as Laos tops South-East Asia's coffee producer rankings
Laos is riding high as largest coffee exporter in ASEAN followed by Vietnam in second place and Thailand third according to figures compiled by the Lao Ministry of Planning and Investment. Coffee is among Laos top export income earners in terms of agricultural commodities, earning ...
How to better manage meat imports
Hoang Thanh Van, director of the Department of Breeding under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Kinh Te Do Thi (Economics and Urban Affairs) newspaper about managing imported meat. Domestic breeders worry that imported meat will compete with domestic breeding products and decrease ...
More than 30 villagers get food poisoning
More than 30 people, mostly children, were hospitalized with food poisoning on Sunday in Battambang town. Health Ministry spokesperson Dr. Ly Sovann, who is also the director of communicable diseases control department, said most of the patients were discharged yesterday after receiving treatment from provincial ...
Economist warns over threat to rice exports
A senior economist from the Asia Development Bank has warned the EU’s ban of Tricyclazole could damage Cambodia’s agriculture sector, as farmers rush to eradicate the use of the fungicide by June. The strict new limits on pesticides will mean rice exported to the EU ...
Betel farmers reap healthy profits this season
According to betel farmers from Shwegu Tesu village in Sagaing Region’s Khin-U township, this season’s prices are helping them reap healthy profits. “We were making profits because prices were good since the start of this season. So farmers didn’t face losses this year compared to ...
Millers push for China access
Amid concerns that the European Union could reject shipments of Cambodian rice, exporters are pushing for more access to China as an alternative market for the Kingdom’s principal agricultural commodity. Hun Lak, vice president of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), said just 26 Cambodian millers ...
CPF taking food to EU with WFGL
CPF Investment Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF), has inked a share purchase agreement with Westbridge Food Group Ltd (WFGL) at a combined value of £60 million (2.6 billion baht) to expand CPF’s market in Europe. CPF chairman and chief executive ...
Slow bounce for rubber price
Rubber prices are predicted to increase gradually as suppliers in the main producing countries restrict their stock for export to let the price recover after a long decline. Pol Sopha, director-general of the rubber department at the Agriculture Ministry, said exports had increased from year ...
Japan pledges to boost silk industry
A Japanese beauty company is to invest in Cambodian silk production to supply the local market and export to Asia and the United States. Il Brille, which runs two beauty salons and a shop in Phnom Penh, uses silk in cosmetic treatments and products for ...
Coffee sector looks for ways to adapt to climate change
Solutions to help coffee production adapt to climate change was the focus of discussion at a workshop held in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on March 31. Looking into causes behind the unsustainable development of coffee at present, participants pointed out that small-scale production ...
