Tag: Agricultural
Agriculture Ministry to map out drought contingency plans
BANGKOK, 4 September 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has assigned the Department of Agricultural Extension and the Royal Irrigation Department...
Tree bank scheme warmly embraced in Songkhla
Thailand's tree bank programme, launched two years ago, is bearing fruit in many parts of the country. The concept is to encourage tree...
Another major rice pledging budget approved
BANGKOK, Oct 2 – A Bt240-billlion budget to pledge 15 million tonnes of paddy in the 2012-2013 harvest sailed through the Thai cabinet...
Thai farmers invited to insure paddy production
AYUTTHAYA, Sept 28 – Thai farmers are encouraged to join the paddy insurance scheme for this harvest year, but the Bank of Agriculture...
AFET believed to stabilize prices of Thai pineapples
BANGKOK, 10 September 2012 – The Commerce Ministry believes that the opening of the pineapple futures trading on September 28th, which is supported by...
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Pattaya Retirees: Lucas Vanlaar
“Between a rock and a hard place”
PATTAYA, Thailand - At 76, Australian retiree Luke Vanlaar (born in Holland) has been settled in Jomtien just...
Pattaya enhances public amenities with new state-of-the-art Toilet Buses
PATTAYA, Thailand - Pattaya City is tackling the shortage of public restrooms by acquiring six new mobile units, with the arrival of the first...
Pattaya launches electric baht-buses to tackle long-term pollution
PATTAYA, Thailand - In a bid to revolutionize public transportation and combat pollution, Pattaya City took a significant step forward on April 25 with...
Thailand’s declining birth rate sparks future population concerns
PATTAYA, Thailand - The Paediatric Society of Thailand has sounded the alarm over a troubling trend where the number of births in Thailand has...
Immigration police raid nets 21 Myanmar nationals in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi Immigration Police conducted a raid on two rented rooms in Soi Khopai South Pattaya on April 24, following reports of...