The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries plans to send 200 volunteer students to help with rice seed production and is organising agriculture officials in all communes to better serve the Kingdom’s farmers, according to its secretary of state Yang Saing Koma.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is helping cooperatives that produce genetically pure Pkha Rumduol rice seeds to boost their output as that variety of rice has high market demand, according to its secretary of state Yang Saing Koma.
Representative of at least 41 rice millers have expressed willingness to enter into contract-farming arrangements with agricultural cooperatives to ensure ample supplies of responsibly-sourced grains of desired varieties, as pundits voice strong support for the practice as a catalyst to unleash the export potential of the staple cereal.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is helping cooperatives that produce genetically pure Pkha Rumduol rice seeds to boost their output as that variety of rice has high market demand, according to its secretary of state Yang Saing Koma.
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to buy agricultural products from farmers to prevent traders from artificially lowering prices – if the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) is re-elected