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Tackling Thailand's food-waste crisis
When one-third of all food produced globally is thrown away while nearly one billion people go hungry, food waste is not only a moral travesty, it’s also a crime against nature.Each year 1,300 tonnes of food waste in landfills around the world contributes 8% of ...
Thanthip Srisuwannaket & Caratlux Liumpetch
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
Committee on world food security appoints new Thai chair
Thanawat Tiensin has been unanimously selected as the new chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) during the committee’s 46th annual meeting held last week .Keep watching ...
Land transport dept to improve quality of public transport
The Transport Minister has instructed the Department of Land Transport (DLT) to improve the quality of public transport services and launch social media channels for commuters to file complaints.Keep watching ...
Blockchain technology to protect Thai aquaculture sector workers
Diginex, a global blockchain solutions company, has signed a long-term agreement with Verifik8, a data intelligence and analytics provider for agribusiness suppliers, to help protect workers in the aquaculture sector in Thailand from exploitation by utilizing blockchain technology.Keep reading ...
Your data isn’t safe in Thailand
ASEAN has a problem as far as personal data protection goes, and at the bottom of this rung sits Thailand. In a study of privacy and surveillance of 47 countries – four of which are ASEAN – by British tech website Comparitech, Thailand was ranked ...
Sheith Khidhir
Air pollution soars in Bangkok
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) reported high levels of air pollution in Bangkok, particularly the suburban areas at 7am today (October 22). Seven PCD monitoring stations in Bangkok showed many of the capital’s districts affected by unhealthy air quality levels with several reporting PM2.5 Air ...
The Nation Reporter
A new service aims to reduce Thailand’s trash by helping people profit from recycling
Southeast Asia has a waste problem: plastic waste imports to the region have spiked since China banned most plastic recycling imports in 2017 and governments across the region are struggling to get a handle on their domestic waste management. Thailand still uses 200 billion plastic ...
Skylar Lindsay
Thailand, Myanmar agree to use baht, kyat for cross-border payments
Veerathai Santiprabhob, governor of the Bank of Thailand, and his Myanmar counterpart U Kyaw Kyaw Maung, signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) on October 18 during the IMF-World Bank meeting in the US. The signing was witnessed by Myanmar’s Minister for Planning and Finance U ...
The Nation Reporter
Household debts of Thais alarm economists
The ratio of household debt to GDP has risen by 78.8 per cent meaning that Thai citizens have combined debts of Bt13 trillion debts, the second-highest in Asia, according to a recent seminar on the subject of household debt and homeownership organized by the Real ...
The Nation Reporter