Thursday, December 23, 2010

Cambodia’s Mondulkiri’s coffee regains market

December 23, 2010

PHNOM PENH (Commodity Online) : Cambodia’s Mondulkiri’s coffee was increasingly popular in local and international markets, after several years of market constraint saw farmers give up the crop to grow rubber instead.

Sales of the particular variety of coffee had increased to 30 tonnes this year, up from 18 tonnes in 2009 in the local market.

Cambodia’s Department of Commerce said Mondulkiri’coffee was grown on about 50 hectares of farm land in the province, yielding about 70 tonnes, and sold for around 20,000 riel per kilo.


Previously the brew barely had a market and had struggled with adequate pricing in the last several years, with coffee farmers hardly surviving in the past.

In the early 1990s the crop was grown on nearly 200 hectares of land. However as the price dropped to 2,000 riel per kilo, farmers gave up and grew rubber instead.

However, despite the growing demand, officials cited low capacity of production as an obstacle for exports.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

We are not much in Cambodia only about five millions of us legally live in Cambodia. We help Cambodia to grow more population. You should thank us. We are Vietnamese we save your live in 1979. We only vote for Sir Hun Sen.

Chúng tôi không có nhiều ở Campuchia chỉ có khoảng năm triệu người trong chúng ta sống hợp pháp tại Campuchia. Chúng tôi giúp Campuchia phát triển dân số nhiều hơn nữa. Bạn nên cảm ơn chúng tôi. Chúng tôi là người Việt Nam chúng ta lưu sống của bạn trong năm 1979. Chúng ta chỉ bỏ phiếu cho Sir Hun Sen

Anonymous said...

it's could grow into a lucrative business as a lot of people drink coffee, you know!

Anonymous said...

Prime minister Hun Sen! your lost your land and sea again, next time Cambodian border next to your home, Heng Somrin he lost his entire home village to Viet already but dare to say nothing, Chea Sim is too weak to say anything except prepare himself for judgement day, where is our belove king please get out from closet and give a big slap on Hun Sen face and say louder "why you gave my land and sea to Viet and punish my people hasss!"?, His majesty the king you can not stay in closet for too long, Cambodian are waiting for you to do something, you have no wife no kid must not afraid to die, you will be our hero king forever.