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Weekly business news quiz: October 21-25, 2013
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/10/2013
» Check if you understand the issues and vocabulary in this week's most important business news stories.
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Govt controls rice price, small farmer businesses fail
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/03/2013
» As govt becomes only buyer of rice, local farmer groups producing high quality rice products forced out of business.
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Rice research: Thai rice comes out on top
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/01/2013
» Thai jasmine rice has lowest amount of poisonous arsenic of any rice in the world, University of California research finds.
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Food research adds value to farm crops
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/11/2012
» Research in Netherlands shows how food research can add value to the crops that farmers grow.
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Govt rice purchases favour richer farmers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/11/2012
» Poor farmers only getting 1/5th of the govt subsidies/handouts & rich land owners just raise rent for 60% of farmers who do not own land.
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Cancer chemicals in your vegetables?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/07/2012
» Vegetables you cook with everyday (cabbage, kale, beans, morning glory, chilli) may have cancer-causing chemicals in them.
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Pesticide: Fruit exporters need approval now
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/07/2012
» Pesticide methomyl poisonous to humans & animals but very small amounts in fruit imports allowed by Japan. Fruit export industry urgently needs it.
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Farming for a new generation
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/07/2012
» With goal of raising farm productivity 52 times to 259,000 baht per rai, sparking a new interest in farming as a career is the aim of this project.
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Toxic Waste: Voluntary reporting not working
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/06/2012
» Chemical fires & leaks at Map Ta Phut left many dead & injured. Required reporting of hazardous chemical usage may be needed.
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Adding value to food crops
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/04/2012
» When pineapples & other crops are in oversupply, prices fall & farmers lose money. Innovative food products can put crops to better use & avoid oversupply.
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