The same vegetables are found on the markets all year round. Contrary to what the vision of a still very rural Cambodia might suggest, most of the market garden products available on the stalls are more than 70% imported, coming from the three major neighboring producers, Vietnam, China and Thailand.
Market gardening in Cambodia is roughly limited to two periods of the year, rice is planted after the harvest in November, as well as during the months of April and May. If you wish to promote local production, it is during the period December-January and during the month of June that you will have the best chance of obtaining vegetables from Cambodian agriculture.
The south of the province of Kandal, helped by its proximity to Vietnam, whose agricultural techniques have been acquired, and the province of Battambang are currently the regions that produce the most. Mondolkiri, enjoying milder temperatures than the rest of the country, is on the way to becoming an important region for growing vegetables.
- banana heart
- wax gourd
- cowpea bean
- Konchaet
- Bamboo shoot
- green soybeans
- water lily stem
- Trob gnor
