Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government will not intervene to prop up rice prices, saying Cambodia was not a “communist country” and that the open markets will determine rice prices.
Speaking at a graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen said farmers growing high quality rice were getting the same prices as last year, and those farmers complaining of low prices were selling subpar quality paddy.
“The Ministry of Agriculture…has already explained why the price of rice is falling. It has its reasons,” Hun Sen said.