6. Largest production Province
Kampong Cham is a larges producer of cashew nuts compared to
others provinces in Cambodia. Most farmers have around 1-2 ha land,
however, some farms exist with 100-1,000 ha, mostly in Cheung Prey,
Stung Trang, Tbaung Khmom and Memot district. Cashew’s farmers
use two varieties, local varieties yielding 500-700 kg/ha and improved
varieties from 1.3-1.35 tons/ha.
•Production: Cultivated areas 24,482 ha. Yielding around 17,200
tons/year.
•Market: Vietnam.
•Harvest season: February-May.
7.
8. Cashew Industry @ a glance
• Demand for Cambodian cashew nuts remains robust in 2018, with the price of the commodity in the
global market having experienced moderate growth in recent months, according to an official from the
Ministry of Agriculture.
• With more than 140,000 hectares of cashew plantations, Cambodia produced over 140,000 tonnes of
the commodity last year. The number of cashew plantations continues to expand in 2018
• farmers are now selling a kilogram of raw cashews anywhere from 6,500 ($1.62) to 8,000 riel ($2).
Processed cashews and other cashew-related products can fetch as much as $17 per kilogram.
• Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham and Ratanakkiri are the biggest provinces in terms of area allocated to
the cultivation of cashews, with 27, 18 and 17 percent of total cultivated land growing the crop,
respectively.
• “Almost 95 percent of Cambodian raw cashew nuts were shipped to Vietnam. Only one or two percent
of our cashew exports were processed,
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