Farmers Needs to Watch Market: Economist

Cambodian farmers prepare seedlings for their rice plantation at the paddy rice farm in Kandol village, Kampong Cham province. (Photo: AP)

Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
Friday, 07 May 2010

Cambodian farmers need to learn to focus on the requirements of the market if they are to benefit in agriculture, a leading economist said Monday.

Farmers are used to planting crops for each other, then selling the surplus, but that culture must change, Din Virak, an economist and lecturer at several Phnom Penh universities, told “Hello VOA.”

Farmers are selling their produce at prices cheaper than market prices, he said.
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