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Chinese loan to push cassava

22 May 2013
China gave $400,000 to Cambodia yesterday for a cooperation project to provide technical training in cassava cultivation, with the aim to move Cambodian cassava up market. 
  • Written by Hor Kimsay

Officials in ‘contract’ farms drive

22 May 2013
Officials are seeking expert firms to implement projects on so-called contract farming and the enhancement of the involvement of farmers’ organisations in paddy collecting and processing, officials said.
  • Written by Rann Reuy
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Don’t be afraid of failure

22 May 2013
The chief executive officer of software company DOMO, a man worth an estimated $100 million, gave a speech Tuesday to a youth audience in Phnom Penh.
  • Written by Stuart Alan Becker

Taiwanese bank eyes Cambodia

22 May 2013
Hua Nan Commercial Bank plans to become the fourth Taiwanese bank to enter Cambodia’s crowded banking sector, hoping to capitalise on the Kingdom’s high number of Taiwanese investors and high interest rates.
  • Written by Anne Renzenbrink and Low Wei Xiang
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Solar panels see sunny times ahead

21 May 2013
Officials and business people say solar panels are gaining in popularity in rural areas, where the power grid does not reach.
  • Written by Rann Reuy

Packaged MSG imports plummet

21 May 2013
Cambodian imports of packaged monosodium glutamate (MSG) totalled just 2,086 tonnes last year, the lowest amount since 2002, according to import figures from the customs department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
  • Written by Hor Kimsay
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Scepticism over government statistics

21 May 2013
Getting reliable statistical data remains a challenge for Cambodia’s government, as a lack of cooporation among the ministries and corruption still distort what is reality.
  • Written by Sarah Thust
7 kampor pepper corns Heng Chivoan

Kampot pepper yield down

20 May 2013
This year’s weather has proven too hot for the Kingdom’s famous Kampot pepper, as yields of the spice dropped for the first time since 2008.
  • Written by Rann Reuy

Thai generator looking at Kingdom

20 May 2013
Thailand-based Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl (RATCH) has “seriously assessed” investment possibility in neighbouring countries including Cambodia, a company statement said last Thursday.
  • Written by Anne Renzenbrink
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Agriculture needs more loans, irrigation systems, experts say

20 May 2013
Accessing low-interest loans for rice cultivation is a challenge because the industry in Cambodia is dependant upon rainfall and not irrigation and is thus more risky, experts said last week. 
  • Written by Hor Kimsay

Cambodia exports to Thailand rise as nations improve economic ties

20 May 2013
Cambodia’s total exports to Thailand sharply increased in the first quarter of the year, according to official data from Ministry of Commerce received by the Post last week.
  • Written by May Kunmakara

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