The Director of the Golden Rice Association asked on Tuesday for the Cambodian government to support farmers during the dry season when rice prices fall.
Lim Bunheng told DAP News Cambodia that rice is down to CR700 a kilo gram from CR 900-1,000.
Last year, the GRA exported about 3,000 tons of rice, but plans to export about 15,000 tons this year, said the GRA director.
Yaing Saing Komar, director of local agriculture organization CEDAC, said prices are actually up from a previous low of around CR700 per kilogram.
The current price could fall when other farmers harvest, or if Vietnamese buyers do not show interest in Camb- odian rice, CEDAC’s director stressed.
DAP’s attempts to contact government officials for comment were unsuccessful.
In early March, Soy Sopeap, the Deum Ampil Media Center General Director and General Secretary of GRA, visited Takeo province to test fertilizer imported from Germany.