A senior executive of the state-owned Agriculture Rural Development Bank (ARDB) said the financial institution has released $245 million to rice millers and exporters, the livestock sector and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agriculture sector. Chief Executive Officer of ARDB Kao Thach said around $47 million out of $50 million earmarked from the government special fund for the rice sector and its exporters has been disbursed and the remainder of the funds will be released at the end of this month, in time for the upcoming harvest of the Sen Kro Ob paddy variety…
January 12th, Khmer Times