Agricultural management systems and technologies

In an apparent show of opposition to the National Hazardous Substances Committee’s about-face on the banning of paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, three top public health officials have announced that the Ministry continues to support the ban.Keep reading ...

About 1,000 farmers and chemical suppliers rallied outside Government House on Tuesday against the imminent ban on three toxic farm chemicals, demanding a thorough study of its impact on farmers and businesses.The demonstrators were led by representatives from the Thai Agricultural Innovation Trade Association, the ...

The government gazette official website announced on November 18 the order by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) concerning the procedures for handling hazardous substances type 4, the responsibility for which falls under DOA according to Articles 41, 43 and 52 of the Hazardous Substance Act ...

A national water management panel wants the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry to draw up measures to accommodate the annual rice crop without affecting the water disbursement plan for the 2019-2020 dry season.Somkiat Prajamwong, chief of the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR), said the ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will find farm machine and innovation technology to help 1.7 million farmers likely to be affected by the ban on three toxic farm chemicals.However, it is also mulling whether it can help them offset higher harvesting costs, estimated to ...

 The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) and the Mahasarakham provincial commerce office have held a workshop educating local farmers on how to use a mobile application to reserve rice harvesters.Keep watching ...

A number of ministers and high-ranking officials have vowed to keep pushing for a ban on three toxic pesticides – Paraquat, Glyphosate and Chlorpyrifos – which are widely used in agriculture.Strict measures on using the three pesticides will take effect on October 20. The measures, ...

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has confirmed that he and Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit, have never encouraged the use of the hazardous chemicals, paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos.Keep watching ...

Samroeng Sangphuwong, deputy secretary-general at the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR), said his agency completed the upgrading of the framework of the National Water Management structure on Tuesday (September 24). He was speaking after meeting with Lt-General Kraiboon Suadsong, chief of the Police Strategy ...

Phimchanok Vonkorpon, director general of the Commerce Ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office, has launched a project in which data will be collected on rice, palm oil, rubber, cassava and corn production in the country.Keep reading ...