A major event on July 9 commemorating Arbor Day, or Royal Tree Planting Day, will be held this year after being cancelled for two years due to Covid-19 at a venue southwest of Battambang town with King Norodom Sihamoni in attendance.
The agriculture minister has asked Israel to increase the number of student internships in agriculture available for Cambodians, to meet the human resource needs of the Kingdom’s agricultural sector in the modern age.
Milled-rice exporters said major European buyers have increased their orders from Cambodia and Thailand in 2022 after they discovered that Vietnamese milled rice contained high levels of agrochemicals, which exceeded EU food safety limits.
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Chinese and Thai companies are negotiating to buy durian in the southwest of Battambang province for export to China in the future, creating opportunities for the farmers to expand their scale of operation.