Cambodian Small Sea Salt Farms Face Profits Crisis

Due to low market prices for their harvested salt, the owners of small sea salt farms in Cambodia now find themselves unable to pay back loans taken out from their banks. And this is forcing them to sell their fields to larger firms.

2016.02.02
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Sea salt farmers are doing their traditional salt harvesting on their fields in Jan 2016.

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Sea salt farmers are doing their traditional salt harvesting on their fields in Jan 2016.

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Sea salt farmers work in their fields in a January 2016 photo. Salt harvesting and production run each year from January to June.

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Sea salt farmers work in their fields in a January 2016 photo. Salt harvesting and production run each year from January to June.

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Sea salt farmers work in their fields in a January 2016 photo. Salt harvesting and production run each year from January to June.

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Sea salt farmers work in their fields in a January 2016 photo. Salt harvesting and production run each year from January to June.

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Sea salt farmers work in their fields in a January 2016 photo. Salt harvesting and production run each year from January to June.

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Sea salt farmers work in their fields in a January 2016 photo. Salt harvesting and production run each year from January to June.

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Sea salt farmers work in their fields in a January 2016 photo. Salt harvesting and production run each year from January to June.

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Sea salt farmers work in their fields in a January 2016 photo. Salt harvesting and production run each year from January to June.

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