During the last 15 years, vegetable production in Cambodia has increased by 50% from 320,000 metric ton (MT) in 1980 to 481,250 MT in 2005 with an annual growth rate of 2% (FAO, 2006). Similar growth has been observed in vegetable area with 77,000 hectare (ha) in 2005, up from 55,000 ha in 1980 amid sluggish growth in yield per hectare over the last decade.