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If there was ever a need for S44, haze crisis is it
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/01/2019
» A month after being exposed to the haze crisis, we still haven't seen any breakthroughs except for a few piecemeal measures in the capital that have failed to tackle the problem properly. This is because the powers that be underestimated the crisis.
For farmers, clothes do not make the man
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 04/05/2017
» As the rice farming season approaches, many Thai farmers have reason to worry. This time it's not about typical problems such as less predictable weather, rain volume or debts they find hard to pay off. It is the way they look.
City folk find friends on the organic farm
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/12/2014
» With the festive season upon us, has anyone noticed a new gift-giving trend? People are increasingly picking organic rice as a present.
A new kind of rice-pledging
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/08/2014
» Pricing is key to running a successful business where buyers are out to get the best for the least amount of money, while sellers pitch for the highest profit.
Sowing the seeds of change
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/02/2014
» The government’s rice-pledging scheme was presented as a policy to improve the quality of life of Thai farmers. However, over a period of two years, the scheme has proven to be a failure with more than a million farmers not paid for their harvests, resulting in eight suicides and endless protests, leaving many of them in deep debt. Life speaks to two farmers who left the scheme behind