Falling Crop Prices Threaten Boom in Small Farms
November 18, 2008 BANLUNG, Cambodia — A few years ago, this dusty frontier town was little more than a junction of dirt tracks in the jungle, with a handful of wooden buildings and beat-up old cars. Then global crop prices shot up, and Banlung became a boomtown.
Farmers swarmed in and cleared land to plant rubber, [...]
Cambodia holds land deal talks
Cambodia is in talks with several Asian and Middle Eastern governments to receive as much as $3bn in agricultural investment in return for millions of hectares in land concessions, according to a senior government official.
Some of the deals would be finalised “in coming months”, said Suos Yara, under-secretary of state responsible for economic co-operation.
The revelation [...]
Farmers Want Campaign Promises Kept
Cambodian farmers called on government officials Wednesday to keep to their election campaign promises to improve agriculture, as a two-day meeting among regional representatives wrapped up.
The farmers said they were promised increased irrigation, more technical training and fertilizer and seeds, but were disappointed by the sector’s meager portion of the national budget.
“The budget for agriculture [...]
Forestry Authorities Arrest Six Villagers
Forestry officials in Kampong Thom province arrested six villagers on Wednesday, accusing them of illegal settlement and deforestation.
The five men and one woman are representatives of a development village for disabled people in Son Touk district.
“Today, we are preparing a report seeking to prove that they have destroyed reserved forest resources,” Kampong Thom Deputy Governor [...]
Irrigation advances fuel Cambodian rice dream
TRAMKOK, Cambodia (Reuters) - Sok Sarin flashes a toothless grin as he looks at his newly built house and remembers how the other farmers laughed when he pioneered new rice-growing techniques in his district in southern Cambodia.
Better irrigation, training in how to select seeds and cheap fertilizer made from wild plants and animal or bat [...]
Drought over in Cambodia, enough rain to plant rice
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 19 — Rains across Cambodia are bringing relief to farmers in areas that were suffering from drought, allowing them to start planting rice, national media reported Friday, citing government officials.
The drought in Cambodia was over and all farmers had enough water to plant rice, Chan Sarun, Minister of Agriculture, was quoted by [...]
Cambodia, U.S. to sign trade, agriculture, industry deal
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Cambodia and the United States will sign a trade, agriculture and industry deal on Sept. 15 when the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte visits here on Sept. 14-16, a senior official said Wednesday.
Negroponte’s visit will make the two countries move a step forward for bilateral ties, [...]
Tanzania turns to Cambodia for development advice
Phnom Penh - A delegation from the East African nation of Tanzania visited Cambodia to discuss development in areas that included tourism and agriculture and also pledged to promote Cambodia’s bid for UN Security Council membership, local media reported Thursday. The Khmer-language Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper said a delegation led by Omar Ramadhan Mapuri, who has [...]
Rice For Cambodia Campaign Launched
Today, a new charity was launched to provide rice for Cambodia, and its organisers cleverly called it Rice For Cambodia.
The charity aims to encourage Cambodians to grow and harvest rice, and then send it to America and Australia, where Americans and Australians can then buy it and send it back to Cambodia for the people [...]
Kuwait loans Cambodia $546 mln, plans embassy
PHNOM PENH, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Kuwait has agreed to give Cambodia loans totaling $546 million to develop agriculture, build hydro-power facilities and construct roads, a Cambodian foreign ministry official said on Friday.
This is the second-biggest aid pledge ever received by Cambodia, after aid and loans totaling $601 million offered by China last year.
“This [...]
