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State needs to empower rice farmers
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/11/2016
» It has become a common scene during the annual harvest season for rice farmers nationwide to call for state subsidies to shore up the falling prices of their produce.
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.
NCPO urged to focus on environment
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 06/06/2014
» Activists have pleaded with the National Council for Peace and Order to focus more on environmental issues as it addresses economic concerns.
Fair trading
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/04/2014
» Does running a business always mean turning a profit and financial maximisation? Usually yes, but not always. What about the rice business with the current woes of the government and especially of Thai farmers — does it have to be driven by the logic of margins and profit? Yes, but not always. At least, Thamma Turakit — a project to sell naturally-grown (chemical-free) rice at an affordable price — isn’t maximising its balance sheet. The profit is measured by quality of life based on fairness and virtue.
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
Decisions, decisions
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/01/2014
» There are only nine days to go before election day _ if it even happens. While the political situation remains as uncertain as ever, the government says the poll is still on.