Battambang and Kampong Speu: Viability of grape cultivation eyed
Publication date 01 October 2023 | 21:19 | ICT

Grape varieties are presently being imported and subjected to viability tests in Battambang and Kampong Speu provinces, with agriculture officials asserting that the importation from foreign sources remains necessary at this time.

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