date:Aug 14, 2012
000 hectares of early summer-autumn rice, equivalent to more than 84 per cent of the figure for the previous corresponding period.
Many localities are now harvesting shrimp and Julys harvest reached approximately 91,800 tonnes, eight per cent more than July 2011.
Coffee, cashew nut and pepper exports are expected to pick up in the remaining months of this year, thanks to greater demand from the US, German and Chinese markets.
According to the MARD, total export turnover for agricultural, fore