Agriculture

Science, technology and innovation are key factors driving Thailand’s competitiveness in the food and agriculture industries, enabling the country to become a “food innovation hub” in the region.Keep reading ...

The Thai government has promised an acceptable resolution to the oil palm oversupply problem while transport operators are poised to ask for an adjustment to their rates despite a state cap on diesel prices, currently set at 30 baht per liter. Keep reading ...

The flood-to-field diversion scheme attempts to solve the chronic annual problem, but many challenges lie ahead.Manas Kongsarai, a long-time farmer, will have only two and a half months to grow and harvest his one-month paddy on a 50-rai (8-hectare) plot as a result of the ...

Much of a smallholder farmer’s resources are already found in the farm. The key is knowing how to efficiently use and recycle these resources so that nothing is ever wasted and that everything goes back into the system. Farmers in the Mekong are getting help ...

Farmers have been the backbone of Thailand for centuries. From the past to the present, different technologies have been applied in all kinds of professions and industries in order to upgrade the usual standards. Today, the term “4.0” is widely used to attach or combine ...

The Commerce Ministry plans to seek the cabinet’s approval on a proposal to boost exports of crude palm oil to slash the surplus of palm oil in national stocks. At least 600,000 tonnes of palm oil surplus should be exported this year as the total national ...

The Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) has launched its “Yala Kick Off” program, donating support funds for the sustainable development of rubber growers. Vice Director of the RAOT, Surachai Boonwanno, was present at the RAOT’s Yala Office to chair the launch of the program and to ...

China and Indonesia are in the mix for planned rice sales in the form of government-to-government (G-to-G) deals during the remaining months of the year.According to Commerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong, Thailand is waiting for the Chinese government to sign a contract to buy an additional ...

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on Wednesday (May, 23) presided over the opening ceremony of the Fifth National Rice Academic Conference 2018 which was held in Bangkok under the banner of “Thai Rice Research Moves Towards Thailand 4.0”.Keep reading.. ...

Thailand’s Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE) has unveiled a new project aimed at enhancing the wellbeing of agriculturists.The DOAE has prepared a budget of 5.2 billion baht, which will be allocated to 9,100 communities with potential for success. Each of them is to propose a ...