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A prominent local agro-industry veteran has reaffirmed the importance of striking and renewing contract-farming arrangements with growers and cooperatives to preserve agricultural production and value chains, especially the mutual benefits between farmers and exporters.

A prominent local agro-industry veteran has reaffirmed the importance of striking and renewing contract-farming arrangements with growers and cooperatives to preserve agricultural production and value chains, especially the mutual benefits between farmers and exporters.

Preah Vihear provincial governor Kim Rithy said his province has the potential to become the Kingdom’s largest producer of organic agricultural export products.

Preah Vihear provincial governor Kim Rithy said his province has the potential to become the Kingdom’s largest producer of organic agricultural export products. Agriculture is the backbone of the provincial economy, making up more than 80 per cent of its earnings.

TKY Farm, a Monthong durian grower in Preah Vihear province, has shipped over 120 tonnes of durian to China in a first for Cambodia.

TKY Farm, a Monthong durian growing and exporting company in Preah Vihear province, shipped over 120 tonnes of durian to the Chinese market via Thailand, in a first for Cambodia. It was done through a local partner who is in a partnership with a Chinese company. There are plans to expand exports to 500 tonnes by 2023.

Stakeholders are pushing for the transformation and modernisation of agriculture in Cambodia into a resilient, dynamic and high-growth sector that would more vigorously accelerate rehabilitation, poverty alleviation and inclusive growth to contribute to trade and food security.