Agriculture and fishing
Innovation to tackle flooding at industrial estates
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) collaborated with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Chichibu Chemical in the construction of a Plastic Rainwater Storage Structure (PRSS) to prevent damages from inundation at industrial estates in Thailand, starting with a pilot run at Latkrabang ...
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Farmers happiness index improves from previous year
Thai farmers’ happiness index in 2018 has improved from the previous year, according to the survey by Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE). OAE secretary-general Rapheephat Chansriwong revealed on Thursday (December 19) that the OAE has surveyed and compiled the happiness index of Thai farmers nationwide ...
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Mobile clinics help farmers overcome problems
The Department of Agriculture Extension has announced it will organise four more mobile agricultural clinics to help farmers deal with a range of issues including pests and plant disease as well as climate change. More than 100,000 farmers used this service in 2019.“This project will ...
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Water agency to pursue new strategies amid climate change challenge
The country’s top water resources agency is considering applying environmental measures in water management strategy to cope with climate change in keeping with the agenda of a recent UN meeting.Secretary-general of the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR), Dr Somkiat Prajamwong, said on Thursday ...
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Govt accused of fixing agenda of meeting on palm price guarantee
A meeting to discuss the palm price guarantee scheme failed as the government had already fixed the agenda, Sittiporn Jariyapong, vice-chairman of the National Farmers Council, said.The guaranteed price was fixed at Bt4 per kilogram but the government has said it will compensate based on ...
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Soil quality action group pursues farm chemical ban
The Thai Soil Partnership (TSP) has vowed to pursue a ban on herbicides to improve soil health and agricultural practices.The announcement by the TSP, representing a network of government, private, academic, religious, civil society and public sector groups against farm chemical use, was made to ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Projects to help rice farmers approved
The National Rice Policy Committee has approved maintaining the price of unmilled rice for the production year 2019 to 2020 with a budget of Bt31.49 billion in order to help rice farmers, Permanent Secretary of Commerce Ministry, Boonyarit Kalayanamit, said following the meeting on Friday ...
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Fishermen protest over new rules
Thousands of fishing trawler operators and fishing boat crew on Friday gathered in separate rallies in 22 coastal provinces in protest against the government’s stringent regulations aimed at countering illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand aims to reduce rubber plantations, ramp up value of exports
Thailand’s cabinet has approved a 20-year plan to slash rubber plantations by 21% nationwide and increase the value of rubber exports by more than threefold, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday.Thailand is the world’s top producer and exporter of natural rubber, accounting for up to ...
Senior health officials reiterate support for banning three agro chemicals
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 ...
