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Late King's sufficiency farming concept takes root in today's rural youth
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 13/10/2019
» NAKHON SAWAN: His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great passed away three years ago. Yet the memory of the beloved monarch is still deeply-rooted in Thai hearts.
Alleviating single-crop subsistence for livelihoods
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 13/10/2018
» Noohriean Thompirom, 62, and her husband, Prawat, 61, a farming family in Ban Nong Phue in Khon Kaen province, have spent the bulk of their lives growing sugar cane.
New kettle of fish
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/09/2018
» Santichai Jongkiartkajorn, 64, a farmer in Betong district of Yala province, has lived off rubber for years. He and his family endured harsh conditions over the past few years as rubber prices remained relatively low.
Even crabbers bank assets
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 13/04/2018
» Many of us tend to think of the blue swimmer crab, known locally as poo ma, as a culinary delicacy. But it also provides an essential livelihood for locals who have few other options to earn money and creates lucrative exports that fetch the country up to 40 billion baht a year.
Going their own way, growing organically
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/11/2017
» While others ask for financial support and special treatment from the government, Ban Toei village of tambon Krabueang Yai in Nakhon Ratchasima's Phimai district does the opposite.
Wang Hin's sufficient transformation
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 18/10/2017
» Wang Hin in Non Daeng district of Nakhon Ratchasima has changed drastically over the past three years as a result of its energetic, well-educated mayor applying sufficiency economy practices to community development.
Raft of aid measures for affected farmers
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/08/2017
» The cabinet yesterday approved a cash handout worth a combined 1.69 billion baht to help ease the plight of farmers in the North and Northeast hit by tropical floods in 36 provinces.
Learning from past mistakes
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 31/10/2016
» Like most men in Pangchampee village in tambon Huai Kaeo, Mae On district in Chiang Mai, Sujitt Jaima was a lumberjack and a slash-and-burn farmer some 30 years ago.
Back to the hills
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/04/2015
» Sifah Krungkrai, 28, decided to come back home for good after working for years in the city selling clothes and not managing to save any money.
Stimulus in the works after all as slowdown looms
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 13/07/2013
» The Finance Ministry and the Bank of Thailand have been told to study new measures to stimulate economy for the rest of the year, with investment and consumption expected to slow down in the second half, says the government's planning unit.