Growers in Mondulkiri
Province, Cambodia successfully developed landmark agricultural products-
Macadamia on the land 5,351km away from their place of origin.
For Cambodians, macadamias
are additional incomes since they are economic crops in Europe and the ASEAN
market. Thus, Cambodia is planning to export macadamia to China. Authorities
said macadamia nuts are a kind of modern agricultural product imported from
Australia and cultivated in Vietnam. They are planted in Northeast
Mondulkiri and mainly aim to export to
China.
Macadamia nuts own
multiple advantages and purposes and can be processed to medicine, or used to
produce chocolate, perfume, oil, cosmetics and other food. If macadamia nuts
grown in Cambodia comply with agricultural standards 4.0 and processing
industry standards 4.0, they will enter markets of more foreign countries.
At present, 100 macadamia trees are grown on the half-hectares land. It takes 3~4 years to harvest nuts. Except Mondulkiri, other countries including Pursat Province and Kampot Province also try to grow macadamia trees.