Farmers sleep overnight at petrol pumps to ensure they get fuel
IN A PITIFUL scene at Phetchabun province desperate farmers slept overnight in their vehicles as they queued up for fuel at petrol pumps with their watermelons having ripened and now ready for sale, Naewna newspaper said today (March 24). Reporters saw a long queue in front of a PT filling station near Mueang Phetchabun […]
Read MoreCoconut farmers stage protest at Parliament over low prices
COCONUT farmers dumped their produce in front of Parliament today (March 19) in protest of plummeting prices of aromatic coconuts and gave the government 30 days to take action with a warning that they will escalate their demonstration if no progress is made, Naewna newspaper and TNA said. A representative of the farmers said […]
Read MoreStruggling rice farmers face planting zone adjustment
By TV Channel 7 and Thai Newsroom FARMERS who have grown rice their entire lives on their own land are preparing for a new life after the recent drop in rice prices as the government moves to encourage them to switch to other crops by establishing pilot planting zones covering 1 million rai. The […]
Read MoreThai-Cambodian border villagers reluctantly selling their cattle
AFTER suffering a prolonged spell of loss of income villagers living along the border with Cambodia in Siriket’s Kantharalak district are now reluctantly selling their cattle at very low prices amid fears of a new round of clashes breaking out, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 19). Reporters from this TV station visited the cattle […]
Read MoreDairy farmers forced to dump milk after private company stops buying
DAIRY farmers in northern Lamphun province have been forced to dump raw milk after a private company stopped buying their produce due to consumers now switching to drinking imported powdered milk and a cabinet resolution prohibiting inter-provincial sales, TV Channel 3 Plus News said this morning (Apr. 26). Mr. Kiatsak Moonphanatsak, 39, one of […]
Read MoreAquatic farmers rally over spread of havoc-wreaking blackchin tilapia fish
AROUND 200 aquatic farmers from 19 provinces rallied in front of Agricultural Land Reform Office this morning (March 18) to press the government to resolve the spread of havoc-wreaking blackchin tilapia fish in Thai waters with this affecting the ecosystem and also compensate those impacted by the invasion of this fish, Naewna newspaper said. […]
Read More10,000-baht grant for farmers not deductible from BAAC loans
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SUM OF 10,000 BAHT in grant for each farmer will be provided in full and non-deductible to debt which they may owe to the Bank for Agriculture & Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), confirmed Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat today (Sep. 25). Under the Pheu Thai-initiated populist handout campaign, those farmers […]
Read MoreNACC to see if digital wallet project might overlap a farmers subsidy scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission was today (May 4) petitioned to investigate whether the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project might be illegally implemented in overlapping fashion with an ongoing subsidy programme for some farmers. Political activist Ruangkrai Leekitwatana filed the petition for the NACC to find out whether the digital wallet […]
Read MoreNACC to watch over farmers’ purchase of pesticides, fertilisers via digital wallet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission (NACC) will keep a close watch on the implementation of the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project involving the anticipated purchase of pesticides and fertilisers by recipient farmers. NACC Secretary-General Niwatchai Kasemmongkol said today (May 3) the anti-graft agency will see to it that no conspiracy over […]
Read MoreThammanat urging rice farmers to give up 3-harvests-a-year farming
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AGRICULTURE & COOPERATIVES MINISTER Thammanat Prompao said today (Jan.3) rice farmers are being encouraged to give up their three-harvests-a-year occupation and grow another cash crop as an alternative. During the first day of floor debate on the 2024 budget bill, the agriculture minister confirmed that the Agricultural Extension Department plans […]
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