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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.
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The plight of the forgotten in Ecuador
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/10/2016
» Upon the closing of the United Nations Habitat III conference last Thursday in Quito, Ecuador, journalists in attendance, including myself, were surprised that there weren't any protests staged by activists -- very unusual for such a UN meeting on housing and sustainable urban development which is only held every 20 years.
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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.
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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.
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The secret garden
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/09/2014
» It was time to go home after a long day’s work. But Worakamol Hin-on had a last mission to complete before catching the shuttle bus — to grab some basil leaves in the factory’s garden for her dinner.
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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.
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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
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Good food for a good cause
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 06/03/2014
» Isn’t it nice to enjoy beautifully prepared food at a restaurant and to know that dozens of underprivileged children will later enjoy a nourishing meal as well?
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Rebuilding Trust
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/09/2013
» Methyl bromide, formalin, growth hormones, preservatives, insecticides, ammonia, or pink slime. What else is included but unidentified in our meals?
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Synthesise this
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 18/10/2012
» You may call me antisocial when I say I don't particularly like the Chinese Vegetarian (kin jay) Festival now in progress. But for some reason, I'm frustrated because most regular restaurants either take time off during the festival or serve only meat-free meals. I'm forced to eat synthetic meats if I don't cook myself. Even if I cook, the prices of vegetables are no longer affordable, having doubled or tripled thanks to the rise in demand.
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