Illustrative image (Photo: Phnom Penh Post) Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodia expectsto export more than 5 million tonnes of agricultural products this year, the Phnom Penh Post quoted Cambodian Ministryof Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries senior official Ngin Chhay as sayinglast week.
The country exported 1.9 million tonnes ofagricultural products in the first five months of the year, up 7.35 percentcompared to the same period last year, with milled rice topping the list.
Ministry data show that the Kingdom shipped4.87 million tonnes of agricultural products abroad last year – more than 4million tonnes to ASEAN countries, 430,000 tonnes to China, 261,000 tonnes tothe EU and 135,000 tonnes to other countries.
Cambodian agricultural products are bought by more than 60 countries. The EUpurchases 17 types of products, ASEAN countries buy 42 types and China procures26 types.
The agricultural sector plays a vital role in promoting Cambodia’s nationaleconomic growth, and now more so, as many countries around the world sufferfrom food shortages stemming from the pandemic, he said.
The sector has also shifted more attention toaquaculture and animal husbandry, he said.
Chhay said the total agricultural land areaused for farming in Cambodia last year was about 4.88 million hectares.
Of the amount, paddy was grown on 3.88 millionhectares, cassava was grown on about 650,000ha, cashew nuts on 230,000ha, redcorn on 200,000ha, mango on 120,000ha, yellow bananas on more than 40,000ha,Pailin longan on nearly 10,000ha and pepper on more than 2,000ha, he said./.
The country exported 1.9 million tonnes ofagricultural products in the first five months of the year, up 7.35 percentcompared to the same period last year, with milled rice topping the list.
Ministry data show that the Kingdom shipped4.87 million tonnes of agricultural products abroad last year – more than 4million tonnes to ASEAN countries, 430,000 tonnes to China, 261,000 tonnes tothe EU and 135,000 tonnes to other countries.
Cambodian agricultural products are bought by more than 60 countries. The EUpurchases 17 types of products, ASEAN countries buy 42 types and China procures26 types.
The agricultural sector plays a vital role in promoting Cambodia’s nationaleconomic growth, and now more so, as many countries around the world sufferfrom food shortages stemming from the pandemic, he said.
The sector has also shifted more attention toaquaculture and animal husbandry, he said.
Chhay said the total agricultural land areaused for farming in Cambodia last year was about 4.88 million hectares.
Of the amount, paddy was grown on 3.88 millionhectares, cassava was grown on about 650,000ha, cashew nuts on 230,000ha, redcorn on 200,000ha, mango on 120,000ha, yellow bananas on more than 40,000ha,Pailin longan on nearly 10,000ha and pepper on more than 2,000ha, he said./.
VNA
