PHNOM PENH , July 18 (Bernama) -- Cambodia plans to produce 4,000 tonnes of organic rice this year for exports to EU and U.S., a 1,000 tonnes rise over last year, Xinhua news agency said quoting a report in the English-Khmer language newspaper, the Mekong Times, Friday.
The Center for Studies and Development in Cambodian Agriculture will undertake the task, which is expected as a key step to strengthen the agricultural sector, said the paper.
Around 10,000 families in eight provinces are producing the organic rice, said center director Yang Saing Koma.
"We think only organic rice production can help the economic sector because this kind of rice can be sold at a high price in local and international markets," he added.
Thanks to right climate and soil conditions, Cambodia used to be a major rice producer and exporter before war ravaged the country around 1970s. Currently, Vietnam and Thailand have surpassed Cambodia as the top rice exporters in the region.
The Center for Studies and Development in Cambodian Agriculture will undertake the task, which is expected as a key step to strengthen the agricultural sector, said the paper.
Around 10,000 families in eight provinces are producing the organic rice, said center director Yang Saing Koma.
"We think only organic rice production can help the economic sector because this kind of rice can be sold at a high price in local and international markets," he added.
Thanks to right climate and soil conditions, Cambodia used to be a major rice producer and exporter before war ravaged the country around 1970s. Currently, Vietnam and Thailand have surpassed Cambodia as the top rice exporters in the region.
11 comments:
Excellent, 1,000 tonnes rise out of 4,000 tonnes is 25% increase. How can anyone on this planet beat that? Only PM Hun Sen can make such miracle, while the rest can only dream about it.
Vote CPP for the bright future of Cambodia.
I agree. Please vote for CPP and let Mr. Rainsy be the opposition. It is working well now.
-Silence Dogood
Good move for Cambodian government and also please sell rice to poor nation inb Africa for a resonable price. Those countries are sad as us in the past.
We love to sell it cheap to Africa, 1:16, but then we'll be poor forever. I don't think our farmers will like that. Plus, we're just started with organic goods and there are very limited supply of it.
We all should talk about providing enough support (food, supplies...) to our coutnryman who are at the frontline to take care of our motherland. Does anybody know any organization beside government organization, that we can donate funds that will go 100% to our countryman at the border??? Help them to stay strong. they are there risking their life and they need our support...
What is the use, 2:46. The soldiers are corrupted. The enemy can buy them out so easily as usual.
No at all, @3.44
Those Khmer Commanders are deep loyalty to Hun Sen. Do they dare to betray their boss?
Yeah, but the Thai has more money than PM Hun Sen.
A P P E A L*
Beloved Compatriots/Fellow Teammates of SRP,
After 60 years of long and perilous journey, the Khmer nation has arrived to
witness a moment of 'true democracy' -- courtesy of SRP 2007 congress.
This vibrant moment is a giant step of the Khmers on their march toward an
effective democracy and should be crafted in the history book as a
demonstration of courage and a determination to be free for the fact that it
happened in the midst of political turbulences and influence imposed by our
'special friend' to the East.
It is a proud moment for SRP family, all Khmer citizens, and all
democracy-loving people in the world. If there is any dissention or
anything that, during and after the conclusion of the congress, can be
looked upon as counterproductive, it is nothing more than a showcase of
democracy in the making. After all, when freedom of expressions is, for
better or for worse, allowed to be freely exercised in flying colors, it is
democracy -- a golden key to modernization of the Khmer nation.
General public should appreciate the fact that the congress has also served
as a platform for testing Khmer political water. In this critical day and
age where little margins can be left for error, it is imperative that any
Khmer citizen would and should not have an ill-will to take advantage of
this moment to downplay or diminish in any way the resolve of SRP and its
livelihood to do the right things to serve and protect the Khmer people and
to reclaim Khmer right and legitimacy.
Realities dictate that the Khmer nation cannot, for whatever reason, afford
to remain divided as SRP members cannot, for whatever motives, afford to
provoke any separation in the SRP family. Unity is the mother of a nation.
This should be enough compelling for the leaders of all ranks to look at
each other eye to eye and, together, rid all evils from the national
territory. They must, at least, make this spirit of national unity a
lifelong contract with the nation. Adlai Stevenson once ventured: "
....patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the
tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." We all owe that to our
motherland.
Arguably, patriotism has never seemed to be a question for the Khmers.
However and more than often, personal egos go too far and too deeply into
their minds to the point that they become a disruptive force of grand scale,
capable of inflicting permanent damages to the nation. A truth is that the
'Khmer civilization' could never have reached the historical status of
worldwide recognition without the luxury of many sustained centuries of
unity and stability enjoyed by the Khmer people. A better perspective of
how disunity has done to the Khmers is to direct the spotlight on Laos'
present political life, think and see through the mind of Kampuchea Krom
Khmers, and look closely at what has happened to the 'Middle Kingdom,' last
chunk of the once-dominant empire in Southeast Asia. Having done that, one
only need to find good valid reasons to reject the notion of how critical
and immensely important the 2008 general election is for the Khmers to be
Khmers, sovereign, independent, and free.
We are living in an era and at another crossroad where no past mistakes are
allowed to be repeated and no seeds of old obsolete political culture should
be nurtured or salvaged. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over
and expecting a different result," said Albert Einstein.
The steady rise of SRP from the tears and cries of the Khmer people and
through the flying gun bullets and threats of all shapes and forms, bloody
at times, speaks volume about the party's togetherness, persistence,
resilience, and boldness. We have traveled a very long road and our mission
is far from being completed.
Let us not lose focus on the course and direction we have set.
Let us not point fingers at each other.
Let us be the menders, not the splitters.
Let us manage and endure the growing pains and make this conviction a
measure of our inner strength and maturity.
Let us adopt a code of conduct of "seeing no enemy when looking at a Khmer
or an individual of Khmer origin."
* This article is written :
by Limhuot Nong, Ph.D in Florida , USA . He is advisor for
SRP-USA/Canada
He can be reached at his email address: limhuotn@cox.net
UNITED KHMER SURVIVE, DIVIDED KHMER DIE
YUON , SIAM MIN CHOL PUT
( HIGHT TREASON OF AH KANCHEAS YUON SIAM HUN XEN. HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL BE DAMNED FOREVER FOR SELLING OUR COUNTRY TO SIAM.
IN A COMPROMISE IN MAY, CAMBODIA AGREED TO REDRAW THE INSCRIPTION MAP, INCLUDING ONLY THE TEMPLE, AND GAVE 4.6 SQUARE KILOMETRES TO AH CHOR SIAM ).
Tuesday July 01, 2008
Bangkok Post PostBag
PAD fooling the people
I cannot believe the lunatics at the PAD have actually got the Thai people and the Puea Pandin party fooled over the Preah Vihear temple.
The line was drawn by the French in 1904, the International Court of Justice ruled on it in 1962,
“and the new line agreed by the Thai and Cambodian government actually brings more land into Thailand than the old map.
If the Cambodian government is happy to concede some land to the Thais while retaining the temple that is, and has always been, on Cambodian soil, then it is a win for the Thai government.”
This is just another example of the PAD stirring up issues trying to validate its existence. The fact that Puea Pandin party has weighed into it is disappointing; you would expect them to know better.
As for the Democrats, I hope they find the same demise the Australian Democrats recently have. Throwing stones at the government is good fun, but if you are never going to get a chance to run the country then it's a choice you can make without fear of having to prove you can do a better job.
The last Australian Democrats were voted out in November from the Senate and, as of July 1, the Democrats will be dead in Australia. Hopefully, the Thai Democrats will become history in the near future.
SHANNON CRANE
Gold Coast, Australia
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Nationalist bombast a little too late
I don't know what possesses the Thais lately who have started reclaiming the Cambodian Preah Vihear temple, 46 years after an international tribunal awarded it to Cambodia.
Anyone with more than a bird's brain will surely understand that this temple is clearly Cambodian (ever visited the site and compared it to Angkor?) and realise it is rather late to fire up their nationalistic bombast in order to get back the temple, as a spoilt brat would do.
By the way, the disputed 4.6 square kilometres around the site represents less then 0.01% of Thailand's territory.
As if common sense weren't enough to let the issue drop, just imagine the damage this whole issue could do to the relationship with Cambodia and the backlash from the international community, where Thailand already commands very little respect.
Wake up and don't politicise the issue to topple the government. The current administration hasn't done a lot lately, but their handling of the temple issue should probably be the least of the Thai people's worries.
JAMES GREEN
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Some above commentators admire and support completey the maffia Hun xen, former bloodthursty commandant Khmer rouge, especially for giving our land and koh tral to yuon, and 4.6 square kilometres of srrounding Preah Vihear to SIAM and authorize millions yuon to colonize Srok Khmer.
In my opinion, these persons are either YUON or yuon lackey.
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