Agriculture and fishing
Deputy Prime Minister led the Diplomatic Corps to Observe the Demolition of Unregistered Fishing Vessels and a Demonstration of Thailand’s Traceability System
On 12 September 2018, General Chatchai Sarikulya, Deputy Prime Minister, led Ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps from the European Union Delegation, European Union member states, United States, and ASEAN Member States, a total of 10 countries, to observe the demolition of 9 unregistered ...
Government to destroy 861 illegal boats
A total of 861 unregistered fishing vessels are set to be destroyed by mid-December as the government ramps up efforts to improve the status of Thai fishery fleets, and its fight against illegal fishing before the next round of talks on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) ...
Agricultural innovations bring in over THB300mn in one year
During its first year of operation, the Institute for Agricultural Product Innovation has engaged over 600 entrepreneurs in the creation of agricultural innovations, worth more than 300 million baht combined. Keep reading ...
Surapan Laotharanarit
Toxic farm chemicals take a toll on lives
The effects of widely used farm chemicals have led to at least 1,715 deaths over the past three years.“The deaths of nearly 600 people each year are directly a result of the use of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and pesticides,” National Health Security Office (NHSO) secretary-general ...
Chularat Saengpassa
HSC eases its farming chemical ban
The government’s Hazardous Substance Committee (HSC) Thursday (August 30) revised its decision to ban three major chemicals in vegetable and herb farming. The chemicals, paraquat, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate, are now only partially restricted. They can still be used in six kinds of economic plants including ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Research knowledge to be passed on to farmers via innovation centers
The Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) to enter a joint effort to promote research and development in the farming sector. BAAC President Apirom Sukprasert signed the MOU with the TRF ...
Nuppol Suvansombut
Thailand uses drones to combat agriculture industry woes
Drones can save Thailand and allow them to meet their agricultural demands. The agricultural industry which is set to decline in the next decade, can be revolutionized through the harnessing of new technology.Keep reading ...
Gen Chatchai is confident Thailand to be deleted from IUU watchlist
Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya is optimistic that Thailand will be removed from the IUU (illegal, unreported, unregulated) fishery watchlist after the scheduled arrival in Thailand in late September or early October of a delegation from the European Union to assess Thailand’s performance in addressing ...
In Search of Maritime Grand Strategy: Thailand’s fisheries policy under the military rule
Thai governments, for decades, have never treated the problem of forced labors and other serious allegations against its billion-dollar fishing industry as its primary concerns. Worse still, since the coup in 2014 Thailand’s ruling junta has constantly faced the mounting pressure at home and abroad. ...
Call for Thailand to Stand Strong on Human Rights
A group of 28 NGOs have called on the Thai government to not yield to attempts to derail the ratification of the international Work in Fishing Convention, which protects fishers from human rights abuses. Fishers are especially vulnerable to human trafficking as well as forced, ...
