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Pork glut still hurting farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2023
» The smuggling of pork has caused prices to collapse in the domestic market, hurting the incomes of pig farmers all across the country.
New Clean Air bill eyes transboundary haze
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/12/2023
» The Clean Air bill will be introduced next year, according to the Department of Pollution Control.
Project boosts rice farmers' skill, income
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/09/2022
» About 19,000 jasmine rice farmers in the Northeast have 20% higher incomes after joining the five-year Market-Oriented Smallholders Value Chain (MSVC) Thailand project supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and its partners.
Climate-smart rice farming a win-win
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/05/2022
» Sawanee Phorang, a 44-year-old farmer from Suphan Buri's Doem Bang Nang Buat district, recently changed her traditional rice farming practice by adopting laser land levelling (LLL), an innovative technology she claims has completely transformed her way of life.
Four Karen villagers arrested for 'poaching'
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/02/2021
» Four Karen villagers were arrested by national park officials for allegedly poaching in Kaeng Krachan National Park, just a week after the government launched a dialogue to resolve the ongoing land dispute with the indigenous forest dwellers.
Haze to blanket Bangkok as open burning surges
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/11/2020
» Bangkok will be blanketed by hazardous haze for the next three days thanks to farmers burning sugar cane fields, according to the Centre for Air Pollution Mitigation.
Dust pollution surges in greater Bangkok
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/09/2019
» Fine dust levels breached the safety threshold in greater Bangkok on Monday morning, with the worst air in the city's Bang Kholaem district.
Forest chiefs set to assess fire damage
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/04/2019
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is going to survey forest areas damaged by fires, in particular Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary in Chiang Mai province where conservationists have expressed concerns over changes in the ecological system caused by the blazes.
PM searching for haze solution
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/01/2019
» The use of more environmentally friendly B20 biodiesel and temporary school closures in critically haze-affected areas are among various proposals pitched by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as the government ramps up efforts to tackle fine dust particles that have blanketed Bangkok.
Mae Sai haze may become 'worst ever'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/04/2016
» One of the worst haze crises on record is developing in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai, with the district blanketed by heavy smog for 24 consecutive days, the Department of Pollution Control (DPC) has warned.