Thailand Warns Of Possible Ban On Cambodian Cassava

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Thailand Warns Of Possible Ban On Cambodian Cassava

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Thailand Warns Of Possible Ban On Cambodian Cassava
05/06/2018
According to a news report released Monday by NNT, Suwit Chaikiattiyos, director of Thailand’s Department of Agriculture, said they might enforce a “strict” ban on Cambodian cassava if an inquiry into reports of the presence of the virus in Cambodian crops finds it necessary.

Mr Suwit said his department has been studying several reports detailing the spread of the virus in Cambodia, and has concluded that imposing a ban might be the most appropriate course of action, although he failed to provide a specific date as to when it would become effective, or how long it would last.

An outbreak of the mosaic virus can lead to substantial losses for Thailand’s agriculture sector and cassava industry, he said, explaining that the virus has never been found in Thailand before.

“The cassava mosaic virus is normally found in countries like India or Sri Lanka,” he said.

The Cambodian government rejects claims that there have been incidences of the cassava-infecting virus in the shared border between the Kingdom and Thailand, although in September it acknowledged that the virus had been found in other parts of the country.

Pang Vannaseth, director of the Agriculture Department in Banteay Meanchey province, which shares a border with Thailand, told Khmer Times that no incidence of the virus has been reported in the province.
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