Cambodian firms ink US$1.4mil in buy-sell deals with 16 agri-clusters

A farmer harvests ridged Luffa (Luffa acutangula) in Chroy Changvar district’s Prek Leap village. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Ten local companies on Feb 15 signed buy-sell agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with representatives of 16 agri-business clusters to supply 3,400 tonnes of produce and chicken meat valued at about US$1.4 million.

The produce outlined in the deal includes mangoes, cassava, watermelon and “safe vegetables”, or those with a reduced dependence on chemicals that are free of microbiological hazards.