Over the past five years, Cambodia has experienced the largest percentage of growth in GDP among Southeast Asian countries. Matt Einarson, regional director for Alltech in Southeast Asia, sees this as an opportunity.
“Cambodia’s agriculture sector is teeming with potential,” said Einarson. “What’s needed now are the right nutritional technologies and on-farm services to help livestock producers improve profitability and efficiency.”
Over the past 12 months, Alltech’s business in Cambodia has catapulted, with 33 percent growth over last year.
To better deliver the level of support required to sustain this rate of growth, Alltech is opening its first office in Cambodia. Located in Phnom Penh, the Cambodia team will be led by Channarith Ky, who has more than 20 years
of experience in agriculture as a business director and nutritionist.
Alltech already works with producers in Cambodia, supporting them with Alltech’s proprietary acidifiers and organic trace minerals, but establishing a base in the region will position the Alltech team to become a stronger local
partner. Domestic feed production has doubled in tonnage since 2013, and it is expected that it will double again within the next three to four years as Cambodia’s agriculture sector becomes increasingly self-sufficient.
Livestock numbers have also grown significantly, with many companies investing in state-of-the-art production facilities. Swine and poultry are the strongest species sectors, with more than 27 million poultry and nearly 2.5
million pigs raised in the country.
Alltech serves customers in more than 120 countries in all regions of the world. Asia, in particular, has seen increased investment by Alltech, with the most recent new market for Alltech being Mongolia.
