The Fertiliser and Petrochemical Corporation (PVFCCo) under PetroVietnamis boosting the transfer of technology for farmers in at least threeCambodian provinces as part of its overseas expansion scheme.
Deputy General Manager in charge of marketing and buildingdistribution system, Nguyen Hong Vinh, said at a press briefing inPhnom Penh on April 23 that his corporation has placed neighbouringCambodia top priority in its scheme to expand foreign market shares.
The three provinces to benefit from the transfer oftechnology programme this year are Kongpong Cham, Kongpong Thom andKondan.
The PVFCCo has launched the programme oftechnological transfer right after opening its representative office inPhnom Penh in May, 2010. Numerous workshops have been opened andfarmers shown around model fields in Bat Dombong, Kongpong Chnang and TaKeo provinces.
A farmer from Kon Dan province,named Kieng Kheng, said training in farming know-how and use of assortedfertilisers and insecticides made by PVFCCo have enabled him and manyfarmers in the region to increase rice yields from 3.5 tonnes perhectare to between seven and eight tonnes.
Inaddition, the Vietnamese company has presented 50 tonnes of nitrogenousfertiliser for poor farmers in Svay Rieng and Pray Veng provinces anddonated 25,000 USD for families of victims of the deadly stampede lastNovember.
PVFCCo is Vietnam’s leading fertiliser maker which accounts for half of the domestic nitrogenous fertiliser market./.
Deputy General Manager in charge of marketing and buildingdistribution system, Nguyen Hong Vinh, said at a press briefing inPhnom Penh on April 23 that his corporation has placed neighbouringCambodia top priority in its scheme to expand foreign market shares.
The three provinces to benefit from the transfer oftechnology programme this year are Kongpong Cham, Kongpong Thom andKondan.
The PVFCCo has launched the programme oftechnological transfer right after opening its representative office inPhnom Penh in May, 2010. Numerous workshops have been opened andfarmers shown around model fields in Bat Dombong, Kongpong Chnang and TaKeo provinces.
A farmer from Kon Dan province,named Kieng Kheng, said training in farming know-how and use of assortedfertilisers and insecticides made by PVFCCo have enabled him and manyfarmers in the region to increase rice yields from 3.5 tonnes perhectare to between seven and eight tonnes.
Inaddition, the Vietnamese company has presented 50 tonnes of nitrogenousfertiliser for poor farmers in Svay Rieng and Pray Veng provinces anddonated 25,000 USD for families of victims of the deadly stampede lastNovember.
PVFCCo is Vietnam’s leading fertiliser maker which accounts for half of the domestic nitrogenous fertiliser market./.
