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Low rainfall affects Cambodia rice production

vutha — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:27:11 +0000

More than 80 percent of Cambodian people are dependent on agriculture, especially those in countryside. Farming rice in Cambodia mostly depends on the rainwater rather than the irrigation systems. This year, some areas, which do not received the minimum amount of rain needed for rice cultivation, are causing problems for the rice farmers to [...]

Increasing rice prices and selling farmland hitting the poor

vutha — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:58:16 +0000

Since the early this month until now, the rice price is remarkably increasing in Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh residents have been buying and stocking rice. All type of rice price is increasing too fast and making Cambodian people worried. The price of rice is going up across the nation by more than 20 [...]