Cambodia to grow more vegetables, reduce imports.

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We grow our own under LED Grow lights..also give them some morning sunshine.



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^^^ What is the answer to Robert Flemming's question, "Power consumption?"
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They use 165w and work very well.
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January 3, 2020
Boosting domestic vegetable production to curb imports
The Ministry of Agriculture is taking action to grow more food domestically to cut down on imports.

The country planted a variety of vegetables covering a total 58,000 hectares of land nationwide by the end of 2019 that produced 68 per cent of local market demand, according to Ministry of Agriculture’s spokesperson Srey Vuthy.

By 2023, he wants this to increase to 63,000 hectares and 76 percent respectively, he said.

The move would help Cambodia’s balance of payments, which currently sees more imports than exports.

“We have set out a plan in order to boost vegetable growing in our country to supply the domestic market and with this move we hope that vegetable imports from neighbouring countries will gradually decrease,” Srey told the Khmer Times.

Non-domestic vegetable production mostly comes from Vietnam and Thailand.

According to a report from the General Directorate of Agriculture, about 85 tonnes of vegetables are imported from Vietnam and 44 tonnes from Thailand per day. This figure covers Phnom Penh and eight other provinces only.

Srey said imports from Vietnam during the low season rise dramatically, at a time when domestic supply cannot respond to demand.

Industry expert Yang Saing Koma said the government should considered restricting vegetable imports during the harvest season, which would help protect farmers benefits from “dumping” their own produce at below the cost of production, causing losses.
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The Khmer have already got the "I only want round tomatoes and straight cucumbesr" disease. A lot of local produce comes from small growers with little in the way of modern techniques. People are not interested in mishapen fruit and veg. It will take major investment get Khmer local produce up to the consistency of imports.
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