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The banana peel of sustainability
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/12/2019
» Making a profit from bananas is not a piece of cake, but Siam Banana Co in Kanchanaburi's Phanom Thuan district is trying to create jobs and generate income for the community.
Banking on the brew
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 06/02/2019
» Ban Pa Kluay, home to 102 Akha tribal families, located on the summit of Doi Tung in the highlands of Chiang Rai province, is eager to develop its own brand of coffee into a community business, helping its village to become a new tourist attraction.
Micro-SMEs struggle for funds
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 05/12/2018
» Amporn Khamsuwat, 60, like so many people in Thailand, has aspirations to grow her small business. For over a decade, she's been hand-crafting quality clothing to supply shops at the bustling cotton market in Don Luang village in Lamphun province, and wanted to hire a new generation of weavers to breathe fresh air into her business.
A spike in success
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/03/2018
» Udom Waranyurat remains enthusiastic, energetic and highly ambitious as he turns 60 this year.
Sharing the Karen way of life, sufficiently
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 23/10/2017
» Phanon Khorsook, 24, faced disappointment and confusion from his parents and community when he decided to return to the mountainous village in Uthai Thani where he was born after earning a bachelor's degree in political science from Nakhonsawan Rajabhat University.
Cabinet allots B87bn in rice aid measures
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 20/09/2017
» The cabinet yesterday approved a combined 87.2 billion baht worth of measures to ensure farmer income and stabilise rice prices ahead of the annual harvest for the 2017-18 season, starting in November.
B73.6bn tabbed to help farmers
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/09/2017
» The government has approved a combined 73.6 billion baht worth of measures to ensure farmer income and stabilise rice prices ahead of the annual harvest for the 2017-18 season, starting in November.
Productivity grows, but unemployment reaches 1%
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/03/2017
» The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has reported positive developments in income and labour productivity in the fourth quarter and for the whole of 2016.
Royal deed for neighbour in need
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/12/2016
» Five years ago, U Soe Hteik, 35, a native of Yenanchaung city in central Myanmar's Magway region, was a daily wage worker earning about US$200 (7,170 baht) a year and struggling with debt. Like many of his compatriots, the prospects for his life at home looked dim.
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.