According to representatives of a very powerful rice industry organization within the Kingdom, Phka Rumduol jasmine rice from Cambodia was recognized as the very best rice on the earth for a record fifth time on the TRT (The Rice Trader) World Rice Conference in Phuket, Thailand, which took place on November 17.
One kind of long grain jasmine rice exported under the “Angkor Malys” certification is Phka Rumduol, which has grow to be a favourite alternative of buyers world wide. According to the Cambodian Institute of Agricultural Research and Development, development and testing took 10 years before the range was made available to farmers to be used.
The same day, Song Saran, head of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), in an interview with The Post praised the achievement as a “great honor” for the regional rice industry.
“We would love to thank the CRF team, farmers, rice mill employees, the farming community and the ministries of agriculture and trade for his or her support in producing the ‘best rice’, which enabled us to participate within the competition and convey the prize back to Cambodia,” the official said.
Phka Rumduol previously won the award 4 times, three years in a row from 2012 to 2014, after which once more in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2018. From 2015 to 2017, the jasmine variety took second place thrice in a row. The person behind Phka Rumduol’s participation on this yr’s tournament is “Andy” Lay Chhun Hour, vice chairman of CRF and general manager of Battambang-based City Rice Import Export Co Ltd, Cambodia’s largest rice exporter.
Chhun Hour expressed great satisfaction with the role that the Cambodian rice industry played on this yr’s award, telling The Post that the popularity will lead to increased exports in addition to quite a lot of other advantages for the local population.
He noted that to win the award, the indigenous grain must pass a series of tests for shape, texture, smell and taste, adding that “this status will further help promote and recognize the standard of Cambodian rice.”
On November 17, Phka Rumduol received its sixth crown within the World’s Best Rice category. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina expressed her “deep congratulations” on Facebook and said the excellence “will bring pride to Cambodia.”
Mak Chamroeun, president of agricultural value chain management company AgriBee (Cambodia) Plc, expressed satisfaction with the outcomes of the World Rice Conference, telling The Post that the popularity will help the dominion’s milled rice export business compete with other countries.
The Ministry of Agriculture said on November 17 that milled rice exports are doing well this yr and amounted to 509,249 tons in the primary 10 months of 2022, a rise of 10.67 percent in comparison with 460,169 tons recorded at the identical time. last yr.
According to Chamroeun, this fifth triumph is a “huge source of pride” for CRF and the federal government and further cements the status of Cambodian milled rice as the very best alternative.
To ensure quality and standards in rice production and processing, he added: “I would love to congratulate CRF, partners and members, the farming community, in addition to the hard-working farmers.”
Source: The PhnomPenh Post, NationThailand.com
