Agriculture and fishing

The Office of the Royal Society and the Office of National Water Resources and other water management sectors have held talks on the “2020 Drought and Salinity in the Water System”, seeking both short term and long term solutions.Keep watching ...

A special working group will be formed to speed up compensation to five injured parties in the bogus government-to-government deals under the infamous rice-pledging scheme, said Suppharoek Iam-la-o, acting director of the Marketing Organisation for Farmers (MOF), one of the affected parties.The committee was set ...

The Ministry of Agricultural and Cooperatives plans to promote online sales of Thai agricultural produce through collaboration with e-commerce platforms, such as Lazada and Shopee, said minister Chalermchai Srion.“Preliminarily, Lazada has accepted our proposal ” he said. “We need standardised produce and have selected farmers ...

The Office of the National Water Resources will by 2021 be distributing a water-flow “map” that both state officials and citizens can use to better manage resources during drought and floods as well as under normal conditions.General secretary Somkiat Prajumwong said the map will use ...

The COVID-19 virus will cost Thai exporters of farm produce more than Bt5 billion in the first half of the year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives declared on Wednesday (February 26).Alongkorn Ponlaboot, an adviser to the minister, said the number of foreigners visiting Thailand ...

An influx of seawater causing salty tap water in and around Bangkok homes has prompted authorities to seek a  sustainable solution.Keep watching ...

Effective water management is crucial for both Thailand’s large agricultural sector and for its fast developing high-tech manufacturing sector. Cloudasset’s Digital Solution for Water Management integrated over 40 databases and data from satellites and over 30,000 sensors to provide Thailand with near real-time monitoring & ...

Thailand’s Fisheries Department has imposed a fishing ban in the annual closure of the Gulf of Thailand. Above all to allow marine animals to recover their numbers.Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on said during the three-month fishing is banned in parts of the Gulf. Covering ...

Solving Thailand’s deteriorating soil — the lifeblood of agriculture — doesn’t just require commitment from policymakers and innovative tools, but also collaboration from farmers themselves.Denuded mountains and mono-cropping, as evident in vast areas of the northern province of Nan, have brought severe soil erosion and ...

Thailand is scaling back production forecasts for key agricultural commodities because of a drought, dealing a further blow to the country’s struggling economy.Rice, rubber and sugar are among the crops that help to sustain 11 million jobs, drive consumption and color the political mood of ...