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Agriculture 4.0: Obstacles and how to break through
News, Published on 30/06/2017
» Thailand 4.0 is the Thai government's new economic model aimed at pulling the country out of the middle-income trap. For agriculture, it means a seven-fold increase in average annual income of farmers from 56,450 baht to 390,000 baht within the next 20 years -- an extremely difficult, if not impossible objective to be achieved -- a task that would require a drastic shift in strategy to encourage adaptation and adoption of modern technologies.
A call for preventive care on World Birth Defects Day
News, Published on 03/03/2015
» An estimated 49,000 newborns died in Southeast Asia in 2013 due to birth defects which also caused an unknown number of spontaneous abortions and still births, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Preparedness is key to fight Ebola
News, Published on 14/08/2014
» The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the current outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in some West African countries a public health emergency of international concern.