Rumduol Rice in Top 3 at World Conference

Cambodia’s Phka Rumduol rice failed to recapture the title of World’s Best Rice for the second year in a row, with Thailand taking top honors at the 8th World Rice Conference held in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai last week. The three-day conference, organized by trade publication The Rice Trader, ended on Friday. Cambodia placed in the top three – along with Thailand and the US (California) – of the 14 countries joining the competition. Cambodia won from 2012 until 2014, but lost its crown last year to rice grown in California.
 

Sok Puthyvuth, president of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), said during the conference that Cambodian Rumduol rice was as good as Thailand’s Hom Mali rice due to similarities in the geographical area for growing rice. He added that to win next year’s competition, CRF and the Cambodian government would solve the most pertinent issues in the rice sector and develop the rice production chain to gain further recognition in the international market.
 

“We will work and cooperate with farmers, rice millers and rice exporters to adhere to international standards on growing, processing and packaging and push famers to better select seeds with quality and grow following international standards,” Mr. Puthyvuth said. “We will try our best for next year’s competition which will be held in Cambodia.”

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