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Plan to divert water called impractical
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/01/2020
» A plan to divert water from the Chao Phraya River to drought-hit farmland and parched areas in Pathum Thani, just north of Bangkok, is impractical, according to the Royal Irrigation Department (RID).
Thailand risks slipping to 3rd place in rice exports
Published on 12/02/2020
» Thailand risks losing its place as the world’s second biggest rice exporter this year thanks to weaker competitiveness and a lack of rice varieties to cater to changing market demand.
Climate disasters prompt Australia's first platypus refuge
AFP, Published on 04/03/2021
» SYDNEY - The world's first dedicated platypus refuge will be established to rescue the unique Australian animals from climate change-fuelled crises, as bushfires and drought increasingly threaten their habitat.
Sugar output to fall short of target yield
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 23/06/2021
» Sugar cane output for the 2021-22 crop year is expected to drop below 100 million tonnes as sugar millers are offering higher prices amid tough competition to buy crops.
Syria reservoir dries up for first time
AFP, Published on 11/11/2021
» DUWAYSāT, Syria: Low rainfall, structural damage and extraction by struggling farmers have emptied a key reservoir in northwestern Syria, leaving it completely dry for the first time, farmers and officials told AFP.
Mekong communities brace for climate struggle
Post Reporters, Published on 17/09/2023
» Six countries along the Mekong River have pledged to tackle climate change, said Surasee Kittimonthon, secretary-general of the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) on Sunday.
Rice exports poised to drop in next decade
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/07/2020
» Thailand risks dropping to No.5 in rice exports over the next decade if the country remains complacent and does not develop a long-term rice strategy for seeds and competitiveness, warns the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
Low rainfall dries up rice exports
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 25/07/2019
» Low rainfall, if it extends until August, will possibly lower rice exports to 8.5 million tonnes this year, the lowest volume in seven years, according to shippers.
Australia told to shoot kangaroos before they starve
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia's kangaroos could die in "catastrophic" numbers if a population boom is left unchecked, ecologists have warned, while backing the industrial-scale culling of the marsupials.
Prospects of a bumpy year ahead
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/12/2019
» New Year is a week from now. But it won't be a happy New Year for quite a few of us, especially grassroots people such as farmers and blue-collar workers.