For five years now, Yin Narong has used a new method to plant rice. Instead of planting from the seeds of the previous year’s harvest, he buys new seeds from a local company. The difference, he said in an interview, has been a boost in yield of 200 kilograms of rice each harvest on one-fifth a hectare
The Council of Ministers has approved a subdecree that it says will help farmers find markets for their products and create a major role for the Ministry of Agriculture in contract farming, officials said Monday.
THE banking industry saw lending in the Kingdom increase an annualised 26.7 percent in 2010, while deposits increased 26.3 percent during the period, according to National Bank of Cambodia governor Chea Chanto. The increase came as a result of increased investor confidence in the Kingdom’s financial sector, he said in a copy of a speech released following the bank’s closed-door annual meeting on Tuesday. “The growth in both deposits and loans reflected that the Cambodian banking system has developed well in scope and operational extent,” he said.
The Ministry of Interior’s prison department is preparing to reform its visitation and other policies, to allow inmates to meet with family members on special occasions and gain skills ahead of their release, officials said Thursday.
One recent afternoon, farmer Hem Preoung was discussing what to do about a small wooden barn full of paddy rice with a group of other farmers.
Men work at a new organic farm in Kampong Speu province late last week. Organic food is becoming more popular in the Kingdom
Photo by: Heng Chivoan Ke Vanna, 50, sells cassava yesterday at Deum Kor market in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district.