Cashew business promote the people livelihood reduce poverty

Organic cashew production by farmers in the community center cashews Sambor Prey Gu is interested from Cambodian people and restaurant owners in Kamporng Thom provinces . This Businesses also promote livelihood, reduce poverty and reduce migration .

Mr Seng An, chief of tourism department of Kampong Thom province , said at the Community Center cashew Sambor Prey Gu at the afternoon of December 18 , 2013 in Sambo District, Kampong Thom province that after creating project funded by the Development Bank (ADB) already, life can get better than before , which focuses on a woman . Nuts sold in the domestic market such as fire extinguishers and restaurants .

According to Mr Seng An "the cashew read out chemicals sold to China about 100 kg and Laos Through the exhibition cashew is more expensive than imported from abroad, we got $ 12 per kg . After creating this community, we see that can reduce the number of women who migrate because they were unemployed . Benefits of cashew is brought to eat and food , and its shell is acquired to be processed as the other products . At the end of 2013, cashew community collected 4524 kg amounting dialects $ 6,700 .

This chief of tourism department of Kampong Thom province Added that poverty level of the people in the community is between 30-40 % and the business is in addition to the cashew their daily occupations , Most of which is dependent to a farming business income to cover them to reduce poverty .

One old man is deputy chief of cashew community Sambor Prey Gu reported to Newspaper on 18 December 2013, the community cashew production need many stages , we have to dry our fresh roasted cashew and take to clamp and shelling out then remove the tire to scratch roasted dry nuts and final stage to port handbag dry air kills plant and packaging . fresh cashew 100 kg can produce last achieved 25 kg of cashew production. Cashew purchased from Kampong Svay And Prasat Sambo Districts from 3 communes . Nuts are purchased only from the target communities in the cashew plantation and large companies growing is not bought .This year we have only 4524 kg and next year we have to buy more to supply to the market because we have capital $ 9000 .

He added that "We hope our cashew 100 percent is organic chemicals, if chemicals I do not dare because can effects to foreigner health that can cause difficulty to find market place .

Mr Bunchhoeun, farmer who lived in this community Gradually working gradually told journalists that A day can earn 5,000 riels but if try very best can get 10,000 riels within 6 hours a day . Just can not keep living too Just reduce our livelihood unemployment And daily chores like now Is to help reduce poverty levels .

Please note that The shelling acid fragrant powder leabmoukh to prevent damage from rash .