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PM pledges more cash if virus returns
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/09/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has promised to give more special grants to health volunteers if the country suffers a second wave of Covid-19 infections.
Cash transfers to 10m farmers start
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/05/2020
» The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) will on Friday begin transferring 5,000 baht to the accounts of farmers who qualified for the government's handout initiative to help those financially affected by Covid-19.
Finding ways to beat farm debt
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/11/2018
» The farm sector has been a driving engine behind the country’s economic growth, but at the same time, debt among farmers keeps rising.
DSI wildlife efforts bag big game
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/01/2018
» The arrest of wildlife trafficking kingpin Boonchai Bach in Nakhon Phanom last Friday received international media attention. Mr Boonchai was a member of a notorious Southeast Asian trafficking syndicate known as "Hydra", which was a major trader of illegal ivory, pangolin, tiger, prayoon wood, and tiger and rhino horns.
Public donations of B20m save elephant foundation from closure
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/03/2017
» Only five days after Soraida Salwala announced she may need to close her Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation (FAE) due to financial difficulties, FAE unexpectedly received over 20 million baht in donations, allowing the organisation to continue saving elephants.
Nan farmers dial down chemical use
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/09/2016
» Simart Chaiyong, 33, a farmer in Nan's Ban Luang district, has been earning a living for over a decade selling maize grown using as few chemicals as possible.
Activists hail end to land rights saga in Lamphun
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/06/2012
» An activist was handed a reduced one-year sentence and two others were aquitted by the Supreme Court yesterday as activists hailed the outcome of a long-running land rights battle.