RUBBER plantations in Cambodia are expected to multiply as the country’s government is making rubber a priority
sector. The Council for Development of Cambodia approved rubber projects worth USS674 million in 2011. Over 82% of these investments came from Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.
According to CDC, due to the country’s great potential for rubber cultivation, investment jumped by a whopping 256%. The country saw US$189 million invested into rubber plantations in 2010.(PRA)