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Building a much stronger food system in Laos
Oped, Published on 29/03/2024
» One of the smallest and most sparsely populated nations in Southeast Asia, the Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic, a mountainous, landlocked country wedged between Vietnam, Thailand and China, has long grappled with challenges associated with supplies of food. A recently released Food and Agriculture Organization/World Food Programme joint report warns that food insecurity continues to increase in Laos, last year affecting more than a million people out of the 7.2 million population.
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Smoking out the truth up north
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 21/03/2024
» In the early months of recent years, residents in northern Thailand, particularly Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son, have braced for choking PM2.5 air pollution.
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CPF Innovates Contract Farming for Thai Food Security
Published on 08/02/2024
» Contract farming is recognised as a critical cornerstone for global food security, embodying an agricultural production and marketing strategy that cultivates mutually beneficial partnerships between farmers and sponsors. This approach significantly boosts farmers' access to state-of-the-art technology and skill development, ensuring a stable income by mitigating the risks of market volatility through predetermined contract pricing.
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Yu is living the dream on the PGA Tour
Sports, Published on 01/02/2024
» Each year, CT Pan conducts a junior training camp in Taipei during the off-season where he shares his experience and golf insights on the PGA Tour with aspiring juniors. He also drives home a key point -- do all you can to get into a US college or university golf programme.
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Colombian cannabis industry withering
Published on 22/12/2023
» SUBACHOQUE, Colombia - More than 17 acres of land owned by a Colombian-Canadian company near Bogota were once meant to grow 25 varieties of cannabis, but over the past year weeds have overtaken greenhouses and 200 of its 218 employees have been fired.
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Mitigating climate change impacts
News, Published on 07/12/2023
» Growing up on a small rice farm in China in the 1960's, my family was keenly aware that any single adverse weather event could wipe out a year's worth of effort. The climate and weather patterns are something a farmer feels in his bones, but changes in these patterns and the extremity of events have, in recent years, shocked rural communities. We never imagined seasons might alter at the pace and scale we see today, bringing losses and damage that undermine years of hard-won rural development.
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Call for greater government assistance
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/09/2023
» The government has been urged to expedite the development of water sources and to urgently improve the varieties of rice and other key agricultural crops, while it has also been advised that the planned debt suspension scheme should operate with conditions.
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Capt Thamanat eyes royal projects
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/09/2023
» Capt Thamanat Prompow has vowed to push ahead with the royal projects initiated by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great and make use of the late king's guidelines to improve the lives of 36 million farmers nationwide.
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Light at the end of the tunnel?
Business, Published on 14/08/2023
» Since the general election on May 14, Thailand has gone three months without a new government to lead the economy. Foreign investors, businesses and tourists are eager to see a favourable outcome following several unexpected twists and turns.
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Going global
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/07/2023
» Why are Thai small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) unable to penetrate foreign markets as other countries do? Apart from a lack of courage in tackling obstacles to international trade, Thai SMEs' lack of research and development (R&D) is one of the key factors hindering them from entering the global market.
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