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Fertility crisis is looming, says minister
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2023
» A fertility crisis could slash the Thai population in half over the next six decades, prompting the Ministry of Public Health to take serious action to put it into the national agenda to promote pregnancy.
'Climate no burden,' PM tells local event
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/10/2023
» Thailand will reaffirm its commitments as well as call for more technological and financial support in its bid to combat climate change during the upcoming "28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties" (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next month, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Climate-smart rice farming a win-win
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/05/2022
» Sawanee Phorang, a 44-year-old farmer from Suphan Buri's Doem Bang Nang Buat district, recently changed her traditional rice farming practice by adopting laser land levelling (LLL), an innovative technology she claims has completely transformed her way of life.
'We just want to make ends meet'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/07/2021
» The possibility of a lockdown proposal and tougher Covid-19 restrictions in Bangkok is now the talk of the town as Covid-19 infections in the capital surge, with more than 1,000 new cases in recent days.
Fishermen in Pattani seek help from EU
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/10/2020
» A group of commercial trawler operators from Pattani has asked for European Union (EU) assistance in relieving impacts caused by the government's policies to control Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU).
Much needed breathing room
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/05/2020
» After five months of battling the Covid-19 pandemic, normalcy is gradually returning to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute (BIDI), a specialised hospital for emerging infectious diseases and respiratory illnesses.
For locals, community land deeds a life or death issue
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/11/2018
» Residents of Ban Pong village in Chiang Mai's Sansai district have won a community land title -- a new land allocation concept for landless villagers.
Plastic waste fight steps up
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/06/2018
» 'Beat Plastic Pollution", a campaign kicked off by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to mark World Environment Day on June 5, brought into focus the global community's efforts to deal with single-use plastic bags that are now posing a threat to the environment, especially the sensitive marine ecological system.
Govt urged to ready support for farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/04/2016
» The government should prepare financial assistance for farmers as rice planting is expected to start around the middle of June due to a possible delay in the rainy season, water expert Sucharit Koontanakulvong told a seminar on drought Thursday.
Kasetsart grants for rice family students
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/03/2014
» Kasetsart University is offering financial assistance to students of rice farming families suffering as a result of payment delays under the government’s rice-pledging scheme.