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G7's campaign against China could backfire
News, Published on 23/10/2023
» On Oct 28–29, Japan will host the G7 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Osaka. The primary focus of the gathering will be improving supply-chain resilience and strengthening export controls on critical minerals and technologies. But China's "economic coercion", particularly the widespread disruption caused by its non-transparent and market-distorting industrial policies, is also expected to be high on the agenda.
Department urges firms to home in on ESG
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/08/2023
» The Excise Department is advising business operators to accelerate adjustments by focusing on manufacturing products in line with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach to prevent an embargo on imports, says director general Ekniti Nitithanprapas.
Bayer sees more than doubling of accessible markets and potential to shape regenerative agriculture on more than 400 million acres
Published on 26/06/2023
» Bayer announced its Crop Science Division will capitalise on opportunities presented by the shift to regenerative agriculture to grow in adjacent markets in addition to its core business of seeds, traits, crop protection and digital.
The right to clean air
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/06/2023
» In 2009, Smog In The City envisioned a not-too-distant future for Chiang Mai. Set in 2019, Fah returns home to find her family and villagers suffering from air pollution. Following a critical level of toxic haze, the government orders a state of emergency and immediate evacuation. After her mother dies of smog-induced acute coronary syndrome, she rushes to take her family to an airport like other evacuees. While her father and brother deteriorate, a couple approaches her car for drinking water.
MFP ensures protection for cannabis growers, sellers
Published on 25/05/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) has reaffirmed its plan to reinstate cannabis as a narcotic drug, while ensuring protection for its growers and sellers.
Gems of the Northeast
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 04/05/2023
» As the summer heat in Surin rose, we made our way to Satom Organic Farm in Chom Phra district. It is located among vast organic fields temporarily covered with yellow sunn hemp in the post-harvest season. This farm belongs to Sutaen Sukjit, who abandoned office work in Bangkok and returned home with a commitment to sustainable living.
Prayut courts southern voters
News, Published on 21/02/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has pledged to tackle falling crop prices in what is seen as a bid to woo voters in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Weed management: a necessary evolution
Published on 14/12/2022
» When it comes to herbicide resistant weeds, old thinking and practices no longer suffice in the face of agronomic, environmental and societal challenges. We need to look beyond weeds and chemicals, toward a broader way of weed control management that embraces society, crops, farmers and nature.
Closer to heaven
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 01/12/2022
» Doi Luang Chiang Dao in Chiang Mai is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover lush sub-alpine woodland and limestone mountains that rise 2,225m above sea level. As part of Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, its topography is comparable to that of the Himalayas and south China.
Resetting Asean's climate agenda
Oped, Published on 01/11/2022
» High inflation, rising interest rates, falling currencies and volatile energy prices, together with an economic slowdown and post-pandemic budget woes, may increase pressure on the Asean+3 -- the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, together with China, Japan and South Korea -- to scale back efforts to mitigate climate risk.