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Rubber points the way
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 07/01/2012
» As the global demand for rubber has created boomtowns out of once sleepy villages, the hunt is on for quality saplings that deliver high yields yet are easy on the environment.
Green innovations win gold
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/07/2012
» A hula hoop that can charge mobile phones and a flytrap that uses three-day-old shrimp are among the inventions Thai youths have won awards for.
Assembly proposes nine fresh policies based on public input
News, Published on 21/12/2012
» The National Health Assembly has resolved to propose nine health policies ranging from banning toxic farm chemicals to preventing overuse of the internet among Thai children.
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.
Cloning a cash crop
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 04/05/2014
» After reading about mulberry and its many health benefits in Green Fingers recently, Kanneegar Pindavanija came upon the idea of promoting it as a supplementary cash crop for rubber plantation or orchard growers. “While waiting for their rubber or fruit trees to grow, agriculturists can plant mulberry between the trees and earn money from either harvesting their fruit or leaves,” she wrote. Ms Kanneegar wants to know where saplings for such a purpose can be bought cheaply.
Yielding results as the climate changes
Life, Published on 11/02/2015
» Thailand is likely to face a shortage of food owing to climate change and management decisions about what crops should be grown, according to experts. But some farsighted farmers have already changed their farming practices, providing inspiration and hope for other farmers, government and consumers.
New breed of pledging
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 15/05/2015
» Just like most consumers of the Kingdom's main culinary staple of smooth, polished white rice, Korn Chatikavanij was never much of a fan of so-called novel types of Thai rice.
King of the hills
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 13/09/2015
» For the past few years, Thai consumers have been enjoying temperate fruit crops, vegetables and herbs like never before. Depending on the season, avocados, strawberries, peaches, pears, persimmons, plums and passion fruit, as well as aubergine, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrot, leek, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, zucchini and Japanese pumpkin, to name just a few, are available fresh from the highlands of northern Thailand.
Delicious courses for good causes
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 09/10/2015
» Romantic, philanthropic and groundbreaking -- the Bangkok Post Foundation, together with JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok, promises to yet again be the talk of the town with its eighth edition of the annual charity wine dinner that this year introduces the city's dining scene to glorious British beef. Yes, you read that right, British beef.
UN plan to end hunger demands diet change
Life, Published on 20/10/2015
» In trendy, hipster London or New York, it's all about juicing, vegan diets and snacking on kale crisps. Thousands of miles away, in Nairobi or Bogota, the middle classes are more likely to reach for roasted goat or a juicy steak.