Agriculture and fishing
Ministry eyes new farming technology
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 ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
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
Fisheries in South seek new markets to offset GSP suspension
The president of Fisheries Association of Songkhla province, Suradej Nilubon, has said that the country’s fisheries industry will definitely be affected by the US suspension of the trade benefits for Thailand under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).This suspension will affect the Thailand’s competitive advantage ...
The Nation Reporter
Despite pressure from domestic fishing groups, Thailand pledges to continue reforms on IUU fishing, forced labor
Thailand Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan has confirmed his country will continue to reform its seafood industry, despite mounting pressure from domestic fishing groups.Wongsuwan made the statement in an 18 October meeting with Environmental Justice Foundation Executive Director Steve Trent, according to EJF.Keep reading ...
Toan Dao
Rubber industry’s survival depends on certification, says academic
A Kasetsart University academic has suggested several ways the Thai rubber industry could counter its current difficulties, including the use of studies by Thailand Science Research and Innovation.“The government has to make this an urgent matter on the national agenda to improve the whole system ...
The Nation Reporter
Thai Government Pledges to Protect Fisheries Reforms
Deputy Prime Minister, General Prawit Wongsuwan, has committed Thailand to protect and build on recent fisheries reforms during a meeting with the Environmental Justice Foundation’s Executive Director, Steve Trent.For the past five years, EJF has worked closely with the Royal Thai Government to eradicate the ...
GISTDA and partner educate farmers on reserving rice harvesters
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 starchy safety net
The stage is set for practical risk management for grassroots farmers, who chance natural disasters ruining crops every year, through a micro-insurance policy for rice harvests, a flagship Thai commodity.A crop insurance project in Thailand was launched in 2011 via integration of a public-private partnership, ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Strict measures on using three toxic pesticides take effect on Oct 20
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, ...
The Nation Reporter
Seeds of Sufficiency now flourishing
Though it’s been three years since the passing of the country’s revered monarch, Pid Thong Lang Phra Foundation, a royally sponsored initiative applying the sufficiency economy philosophy, is still keen to uphold King Rama IX’s legacy of caring for rural communities.Its chairman MR Disnadda Diskul ...
Chatrudee Theparat
