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'Taobao Village' model sought for poor
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 07/11/2018
» Thailand plans to apply the Taobao Village model to help tackle poverty and raise community income via e-commerce and digital technology.
Heavy push for rice megafarms
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/01/2017
» The government is committed to ramping up the rice megafarm scheme this year, for which it provides soft loans, machinery and agricultural equipment to farmers in order to cut production costs and raise productivity. The scheme will cover 1.05 million rai of related farmland.
Major farmers' rally set for Monday
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/02/2014
» About 4,500 farmers from 20 provinces will stage a major rally in front of the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Defence, the cabinet's temporary workplace, on Monday to demand the government pay them 130 billion baht under the rice-pledging scheme, Thai Farmers Network acting chairman Rawee Rungruang said.
Rice exporters upset by bid conditions
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/07/2013
» Rice exporters complain the government's conditions for bids for 200,000 tonnes of paddy to be processed as parboiled rice for export are unclear and impractical.
Vichai claims B700bn rice loss
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/07/2013
» The rice pledging scheme may cause a national loss of 500-700 billion baht, offers only short-lived benefits to farmers and is implemented with policy-related corruption which benefits vested interests, a seminar was told Sunsay.
NRPC wants pledge price ceiling cut
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/06/2013
» The National Rice Policy Committee (NRPC) will propose on Tuesday that the cabinet cut the paddy pledging ceiling price to no more than 13,500 baht a tonne and not accept all grain under the scheme.
Egg prices refuse to crack in short term
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/06/2013
» Egg prices may stay relatively high until the end of this month, but their pressure on overall inflation is marginal, says the Internal Trade Department.
Ministry rejects Democrats' complaints over poor rice quality
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/02/2013
» The Commerce Ministry says the Democrat Party's allegations over poor quality control of rice under the government's rice pledging scheme are not true.
Ministry admits export gaffe
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/07/2012
» The Commerce Ministry made an embarrassing about-face yesterday, acknowledging that export figures in June were worse than originally announced due to a miscalculation.
Govt mulls delaying price hike
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/07/2012
» A plan to raise liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices next month may be put on hold as inflationary concerns need to be addressed first, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said yesterday.