Paddy output to decline due to conditions
Thailand’s annual paddy production for both the main and second crops is forecast at 27-28 million tonnes in the 2019-20 season, weighed down by a drop in production for the second crop because of flooding and drought.Whichai Phochanakij, director-general of the Internal Trade Department, who ...
Phusadee Arunmas
State allots B70bn to stabilise paddy prices
The government has set aside 70 billion baht to shore up paddy prices, as the annual harvest is scheduled to flood the market this month.Whichai Phochanakij, director-general of the Internal Trade Department, said the latest meeting of the subcommittee handling national rice policy and management ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Thailand asks farmers not to grow off-season rice on drought worries
The Thai government has asked farmers in 22 provinces to not grow off-season rice, as the country braced for a dry spell amid low water levels in main reservoirs.Thailand, the world’s second-largest rice exporter after India, will not have enough water to grow the crop ...
Panarat Thepgumpanat
Rice exporters back ban on three toxic chemicals
Rice exporters have thrown their full support behind the ban on three toxic farm chemicals, saying importer countries have tightened their order of crops based on food safety.Charoen Laothamatas, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said the group agrees with the government’s decision to ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Disasters to hit rice output
Alternating drought conditions and flooding in northeastern Thailand are expected to cut paddy production in the region in the 2019-20 crop year by 488,000 tonnes.According to the latest report by the provincial extension offices in 20 provinces of the Northeast, paddy production from the 2019-20 ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Smuggling keeps lid on sticky rice price
Sticky rice have been smuggled into the country, but ironically it has helped curb soaring price, said Chukiat Opaswong, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association.Some merchants, he said, had smuggled 100,000 tonnes of glutinous rice into the country from Vietnam via Thailand’s neighboring ...
The Nation Reporter
Customs urged to act on sticky rice smugglers
The Internal Trade Department is urging border security and customs officers to crack down on the smuggling of unmilled glutinous rice by traders who want to profit off the high price of the commodity in the domestic market. Keep reading ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Campaign launched to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rice farming
The Minister said the Thai Rice NAMA project will reach out to 100,000 rice farming households in Thailand in shifting from conventional to low-emission farming in the country.The project will work with farmers and farmers’ associations as well as external service providers in adapting these ...
Rice Policy & Management Committee - 34 million tons of rice to be released this year
The Rice Policy and Management Committee announces rice stock release plans and expects over 34 million tons of rice throughout this year.The Rice Policy and Management Committee yesterday approved the project to provide over 180 million baht in funding to help farmers with rice harvests ...
Tewit Kemtong
ANALYSIS: Farmers’ rights must be priority in next try at rice bill
Following growing pressure over its intention to help farmers, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) this past week decided to amend the bill one last time in an attempt to reach compromise. But still, the bill’s content was tied up with complicated plant varieties and plant ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
