VPA: Survey of Cambodian Pepper growing areas

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From December 13 to December 16, 2017, the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) led by Mr. Nguyen Nam Hai, Chairman of VPA along with 18 members representing 12 member enterprises went to survey the regions. planting key pepper in Cambodia.

The delegation had a meeting with the General Department of Agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture) of Cambodia and Mr. Khann Samban, Director of the Industrial Tree Department shared a lot of information about pepper development in Thap pagoda country. Currently, pepper is grown in 19 provinces of Cambodia with a total area of 2017 of about 6,663 hectares with an output of 20,253 tons.

Field survey team of some Cambodian pepper gardens

In particular, the three largest growing provinces are Tbaung Khrmum (adjacent to Tay Ninh border) of 2,720 ha, yielding 14,960 tons; Ratanak Kiri province (bordering Gia Lai province) 971 ha, producing 1,234 tons; Kratie province (adjacent to Binh Phuoc border) 728 ha, with a output of 1,216 tons.

The representative of the General Department of Agriculture also said that the pepper area in Cambodia was only growing rapidly from 2014 to 2016. If in 2011 Cambodia had only 879 hectares, by 2014 reached 2,653 hectares, in 2015 nearly doubled. 4,645 ha, in 2016 increased to 6,124 ha and in 2017 slowed down about 500 ha due to falling pepper prices. Main varieties of pepper are Kamcham and Kampot indigenous; like Vinh Linh, Loc Ninh of Vietnam; some areas for planting Sri Lankan varieties of India.

Due to the later development, Cambodian farmers learn, gain a lot of experience …

The land in Cambodia is quite good, suitable for pepper and long-term industrial crops. Because pepper in Cambodia is developed after Vietnam, farmers here learn and gain a lot of experience in the process of selecting, tending, harvesting, preserving products; pests and diseases not much; The abuse of pesticides and chemical fertilizers is limited.

Especially, since 2015, some pepper cooperatives in Cambodia have been supported by non-governmental organizations in implementing the GAP process. At the same time, the area of organic pepper cultivation, Organic also initially built on a small scale, concentrated mainly in Kampot and Memot (Tbaung Khrmum province). Some foreign businesses like Switzerland have bought this type of pepper at a high price of about 14 USD / kg.

The VPA survey found that, due to the increase in the area of Cambodian pepper in 2015 and 2016, from March 2018 this new area will be harvested, the output in 2018 is estimated at 25,000 – 28,000 tons. Cambodia's pepper harvest time also coincides with Vietnam, around March of the calendar year. The VPA also acknowledges your proposal in the near future to strengthen the cooperation between VPA member businesses and Cambodian farmers in transferring cultivation and product consumption techniques between the two sides.