Vanilla is an agro-industrial crop grown in tropical regions such as Indonesia, Mexico, and so on. Vanilla has a stem resembling an orchid and its fruit resembles a brown bean. Vanilla fruit is used as an important spice in sauces, syrups, ice creams, drinks, and desserts. Vanilla is very expensive, up to $3,000 per kilo. However, in Cambodia, we now have a company that has partners abroad and have taken this vanilla seed to try to grow on about 1 hectare in this province of Cambodia.
According to the Ministry of Information, Ros Sovanveasna, director of RICE Natural Development Co.Ltd in Boeung Tumpun commune, Meanchey district, Phnom Penh, said that vanilla is a modern agro-industrial crop. There is a high demand in the market and is imported from France in cooperation with investment partners to cultivate seeds for breeding grown in Cambodia
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He said that vanilla is a very useful crop and his company is carefully planting before advising farmers to plant. He added that if successful, the company will continue to distribute seeds and tell how to maintain the cultivation to farmers who want to grow, which makes the yield and high prices to make it easier to find a market.
The director added that the vanilla crop. if harvested, costs from $1,800 to $3,000 per kilogram. And now his company has also signed a contract with a partner in France. It should be noted that RICE Natural Development Co.Ltd has tried to grow vanilla on more than 1 hectare in Kampong Chhnang province.
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