Agricultural commodities, processing and products

Over the next three years, the biodiesel industry will enjoy improved business conditions thanks to an average annual increase of 3-4 per cent in domestic demand, which will then bring consumption to 5.3-5.7 million litres per day, according Krungsri Researches outlook.The study said there would ...

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a THB6.056 billion subsidy for sugarcane farmers who cut fresh cane for sugar factories instead of burning them, in a bid to reduce air pollution caused by the burning of plantations, deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek said.The move was proposed ...

Activist Srisuwan Janya will today ask the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) after traders complained its staff spent too much time inspecting meat, leading it to become rotten.“The DLD even campaigns about the safety of animal meat before ...

IIASA researchers have used Sentinel 1 satellite imagery from the European Space Agency to produce a map of the extent and year of detection of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand that will help policymakers and other stakeholders understand trends in oil palm ...

The government has spent more than Bt8.3 billion on two farmer aid schemes in a bid to help rice farmers nationwide, the Thai Khu Fah Facebook page said on Thursday.The Thai Khu Fah page is run by Government House.The state allocated Bt3.83 billion to support ...

Thailand’s food exports are forecast to recover to 7.1 percent growth this year, fetching 1.05 trillion THB (35 billion USD), driven by growing demand in the global market.The anticipated rise in farm and food prices, especially for chicken, sugar, tapioca products and pineapples, as well ...

Palm oil has long been a major economic backbone of Southeast Asian economies, notably Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. But the undeniable environmental impact of extensive deforestation, haze and forest fires caused by oil palm plantations has given the industry a bad reputation that has been ...

In response to concerns over the drop in the price of jasmine rice due to export slowdown and limited tourism owing to the Covid-19 crisis, the Cabinet has given the go-ahead to a rice-guarantee scheme for farmers who will harvest their rice crop at the ...

Thailand’s third-quarter agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) recovered to drop by only 0.4 per cent year on year, the Office of Agricultural Economics said on Wednesday.The office secretary-general Chantanon Wannakejohn said production of economic crops, such as rice, tapioca, pineapple, palm oil, mangosteen and rambutan ...

The five-year Thai Rice Strategy for the period 2020-24 is ready, Jurin Laksanawisit, deputy prime minister and the minister of commerce, said.The strategy prepared by a subcommittee will be proposed to a meeting of the National Rice Policy and Management Committee (NRPMC) before seeking approval ...