Ibis Rice

Rice is a staple in the Cambodian diet come morning, noon and night, and Ibis Rice is making a name for itself, not just in Cambodia but across the globe. The not-for-profit conservation enterprise works with 1,000 local farming families to produce organic jasmine rice. It also works to conserve Cambodia’s national bird, the critically-endangered giant ibis as well as a range of other species in 500,000 hectares of forest and wetland it protects. The rice is certified as organic to European and US standards, and farmers are paid 50 percent more than the market rate.