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Cambodia’s cassava crop has been impacted by flooding that has delayed some harvests and decimated others. Heng Chivoan
Cassava prices up on delayed harvests
Sun, 13 December 2020
Cassava prices in Cambodia’s northwest corridor have skyrocketed to astonishing heights in the wake of the recent massive floods that have compromised yields in one of Kingdom’s most fertile regions.
Cassava is grown in almost every Cambodian province. The crop is planted in May and harvested between November and the end of February each year. But this year’s floods delayed the harvest until the beginning of this month.
Banteay Meanchey provincial Department of Commerce director Bouk Laychy told The Post on December 13 that 10-15 per cent of the crop in his province had been destroyed by the deluges.