Vegetable shipping centre opens in Kandal

01 Aug 2019 2164 | Business & Trade Fairs

Kandal province on Monday inaugurated the “Vegetable Shipping Centre”, a facility that boasts a food safety laboratory and that will supply the market with safe and quality agricultural goods.

The centre, hailed as the first of its kind in Cambodia, has been built with funds donated by the government of Japan through its project ‘Kusanone’.

Japanese Ambassador Hidehisa Horinouchi said in a press release that the centre is a contribution from the government of Japan to provide safe and reliable agricultural goods to Cambodian consumers.

“This is Cambodia’s first shipping center. It has a small laboratory to check for pesticides to ensure the food that reaches the market is safe.

“Our hope is that this shipping centre will help spread a culture of food safety and become a symbol of the friendship between the people of Japan and Cambodia,” he said.

Presiding over the centre’s launch, Minister of Agriculture Veng Sakhon said the facility represents an important step in improving the quality of local agricultural goods.

He thanked the government and people of Japan for their contributions in improving food safety in the Kingdom and highlighted that the Cambodian government is implementing a comprehensive programme of reform to modernise the country.

He said Cambodia has enjoyed strong economic growth – averaging 7 percent – during the last 10 years, and said this growth allows farmers to adapt their production practices to serve their needs and the demands of the market.