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Chicken items added to price control list
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 25/01/2022
» The cabinet on Monday greenlighted a proposal to include chickens and chicken meat on the state price control list and tougher measures for chicken raisers, slaughterhouses and feed meal factories.
Palm oil prices on the agenda
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/07/2020
» The cabinet on Tuesday ordered working panels be set up to tackle oil palm prices in five southern provinces while instructing the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) and the Energy Ministry to accelerate purchasing additional crude palm oil to help boost domestic palm oil prices.
Rice price scheme renewed
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/06/2020
» The National Rice Policy Committee approved in principle on Thursday the rice price guarantee scheme for the 2020/21 crop year, which is expected to use a budget of 85.2 billion baht.
Stronger links sought with Qatar
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 31/08/2019
» The private sector is being urged to partner with Qatar, a country looking for joint ventures with Thai partners on energy, infrastructure, public health, tourism and trade under its Look East policy.
Agency targets crude palm oil smuggling
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/06/2019
» The government has ordered the Internal Security Operations Command to closely inspect crude palm oil movement along the Thailand-Malaysia border to prevent smuggling from the neighbouring country.
Somkid urges agencies to maintain momentum
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 23/04/2019
» The government is requiring state agencies to speed up their work despite the lull in activity during the formation of a new government, hoping to maintain economic momentum and attain 4% GDP growth this year.
New kettle of fish
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/09/2018
» Santichai Jongkiartkajorn, 64, a farmer in Betong district of Yala province, has lived off rubber for years. He and his family endured harsh conditions over the past few years as rubber prices remained relatively low.
Rice relief gets cabinet go-ahead
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 25/07/2018
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved rice aid measures worth a combined 97.95 billion baht for the 2018-19 crop year.
B34.5bn in rice aid measures approved
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 12/07/2018
» The National Rice Policy and Management Committee Wednesday approved rice aid measures worth 34.5 billion baht for the 2018/2019 crop year starting in November.
Even crabbers bank assets
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 13/04/2018
» Many of us tend to think of the blue swimmer crab, known locally as poo ma, as a culinary delicacy. But it also provides an essential livelihood for locals who have few other options to earn money and creates lucrative exports that fetch the country up to 40 billion baht a year.