Agriculture and fishing
Swine smugglers put on notice
The Ministry of Agriculture has authorised a new private sector task force to investigate reports of widespread pig smuggling and bogus pig-raising operations, which domestic pig farmers claim have put market prices on live swine in a trough. The task force is led by agro-industrial ...
Mass clam deaths reported in Kiên Giang
Some 282 tonnes of clams and 14,000 cage-raised fish died in the days between Saturday and Tuesday in Hà Tiên Town and Kiên Lương District in Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang, Lê Thanh Hưởng, deputy chairman of People’s Committee of Kiên Lương District told ...
Laos, China to partner in water resources management
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and a Chinese company have inked an agreement on partnership in water resources management in Laos. The Minutes of Discussion were signed in Vientiane on May 11 between Director General of Water Resources Management Mr Chanthanet Boualapha and President ...
Chinese traders' requests for pork cuts limits sales of Vietnamese pork
China consumes 144,000 tons of pork a day, according to FAO, but Vietnamese farmers cant sell their pork to the country because of demands made by Chinese traders. This comes at a time when there is a pork oversupply in Vietnam, with prices plummeting. Dat Viet ...
Laos vows to further improve agri-food production
Laos is giving strong emphasis to the development of agriculture to increase agri-food production, including the crop sector. The commitment is focused on clean and green agriculture through development of a vision and strategy for the crop sector until 2030. This was a message delivered ...
Minister aims to boost farming through partnerships
The government is considering setting up public private partnerships to add value to the country’s farming industry, Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon has told a meeting of senior regional leaders. Speaking at the Grow Asia Forum on May 10, Mr Sakhon said Cambodia is in the ...
Mass fish deaths occur in Kien Giang
Residents Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang have discovered a large number of fish deaths on water surface along seashores of Kien Luong district and town of Ha Tien since May 7th. Director of the Kien Giang’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Mr. Nguyen ...
BAAC taps tech to boost farmers’ incomes
The bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives is stepping up its push to become more customer-focused under initiatives aimed at boosting farmers’ incomes. The bank also plans to upgrade 900 of what it calls community financial institutions by teaming up with grass-roots financial organisations. The moves ...
South Koreans eye farm sector
Cambodian agriculture has huge untapped potential for South Korean investors, according to the secretary-general of the ASEAN-Korean Centre. Kim Young-sun led nine leading Korean companies specialising in agriculture at a seminar organised jointly with the Council for the Development of Cambodia. On Monday, the group ...
Authorities warn of foot and mouth disease outbreak
Svay Rieng provincial agriculture authorities urged residents to take extra precautions with their cattle to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease, which was detected in several communes there. Provincial department of agriculture director Thach Ratana said on May 9 that on Thursday, more than ...
