Rice-milling capacity rises
CSR Asia
Vol.5 Week 17
Cambodia's largest rice association says a government loan has permitted an equipment upgrade leading to increased production of processed rice. That could mean more exports of processed rice, and ultimately, higher incomes for farmers. Phou Puy, president of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Miller Associations (CRMA), said the organisation had purchased 1 million tonnes of paddy, or unprocessed rice, since November 2008 compared to 400,000 tonnes of paddy bought and stored in all of 2008. Cambodia's rice industry has suffered from a lack of processing capacity, which has led many farmers to export unprocessed paddy illegally. Vietnam reported that about 1 million tonnes of paddy was smuggled across the border last year. (The Phnom Penh Post, April 21)
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