11 Sep 2009
KOCHI: The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) has announced that Cambodia has joined it as its tenth member.
The other members of ANRPC are China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The membership of the Association is open to the governments of countries producing NR. Philippines is expected to be a member soon, a statement issues by ANRPC said.
After NR prices rebounded in 2008, there is a renewed interest among Cambodian farmers in cultivating rubber. Cambodia extended the cultivation of rubber by 25,901 hectares in 2008. Another 10,000 hectares is targeted to be brought under the crop this year.
Cambodia now has 107,901 hectares under the crop including 33,673 hectares of tappable area which produced 63,700 tonnes of dry rubber during 2008 with an average annual yield of 1892 kg per hectare. The target is to expand the cultivation to 150,000 by 2015.
The Association’s 32nd Session of the Assembly and the meeting of the Executive Committee would be held in Ho Chi Minh City in the first week of November. The Association is also organizing the ANRPC Annual Rubber Conference 2009 on November 4, in Ho Chi Minh City and this is open to all.
KOCHI: The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) has announced that Cambodia has joined it as its tenth member.
The other members of ANRPC are China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The membership of the Association is open to the governments of countries producing NR. Philippines is expected to be a member soon, a statement issues by ANRPC said.
After NR prices rebounded in 2008, there is a renewed interest among Cambodian farmers in cultivating rubber. Cambodia extended the cultivation of rubber by 25,901 hectares in 2008. Another 10,000 hectares is targeted to be brought under the crop this year.
Cambodia now has 107,901 hectares under the crop including 33,673 hectares of tappable area which produced 63,700 tonnes of dry rubber during 2008 with an average annual yield of 1892 kg per hectare. The target is to expand the cultivation to 150,000 by 2015.
The Association’s 32nd Session of the Assembly and the meeting of the Executive Committee would be held in Ho Chi Minh City in the first week of November. The Association is also organizing the ANRPC Annual Rubber Conference 2009 on November 4, in Ho Chi Minh City and this is open to all.
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