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US tariffs yet to hit cassava exports
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/07/2025
» Producers say the new US tariff is not hindering cassava exports while the Ministry of Commerce is actively exploring new export markets including the Middle East, New Zealand and South Korea.
Cassava exports in Q1 suffer 16.4% decline
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/05/2024
» Thai exports of cassava and cassava products decreased by 16.4% year-on-year in the first quarter, as cassava chip output declined.
Demand sturdy as rice export target 7.5m tonnes
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/02/2023
» Thailand has set a rice export target for this year of 7.5 million tonnes, slightly lower than the 7.69 million tonnes exported in 2022.
A beloved tree tries for a comeback
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 02/10/2022
» Michael French trudged through a thicket of prickly bramble, unfazed by the branches he had to swat away on occasion in order to arrive at a quiet spot of hilly land that was once mined for coal. Now, however, it is patched with flowering goldenrods and long yellow-green grasses and dotted with tree saplings.
Ajinomoto supports Thai Cassava farmers through the MOU of cooperation in Plant Protection Promotion and Soil-Fertilizer Management
Published on 01/07/2022
» Recently, Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd. and Department of Agricultural Extension led by Mr.Varong Prayoonpong, Managing Director of Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd., Mr.Kazuyuki Nakamura, President of FD Green (Thailand) Co., Ltd. under The Ajinomoto Group of Companies in Thailand, and Mr.Kemkaeng Yutidhammadamrong, Director-General Department of Agricultural Extension, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of "Cooperation in Plant Protection Promotion and Soil-Fertilizer Management" to agree and commit to cooperate and support Thai cassava farmers in solving the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) problem, as well as to promote and develop work on soil management from by-products to be used to make organic fertilizers.
Spraying deemed 'pointless' against Covid
Published on 14/05/2022
» SHANGHAI: Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China’s hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads, parcels and even people — but more than two years into the pandemic, experts say it is a futile measure against Covid-19.
The quest for a coronavirus supervaccine
AFP, Published on 25/04/2022
» PARIS: As vaccine makers rush to stamp out new Covid-19 variants, some scientists have set their sights higher, aiming for a universal coronavirus vaccine that could tackle any future strains and possibly even stave off another pandemic.
Cassava export prospects boosted by rising global demand
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/03/2022
» Thailand's cassava export prospects are expected to be in good shape this year, boosted by rising global demand and a rise in cereal prices.
DTAC turns disease hunter
Business, Published on 28/06/2021
» Mobility data from mobile devices can be used alongside other analysis techniques to map the risk of dengue fever in Thailand, according to a study by Telenor Group in partnership with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Mahidol-Oxford Research Unit (MORU) and Total Access Communication (DTAC), the operating unit of Telenor in Thailand.
Bid to support cassava prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/12/2020
» Four tapioca-related associations have agreed to buy fresh cassava root at the behest of the Commerce Ministry at 2.50 baht per kilogramme to help shore up domestic prices.