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Group seeks axing of new rules 'favouring big players'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/07/2025
» A pro-cannabis group has called on the Ministry of Public Health to immediately scrap a new ministerial regulation aimed at restricting cannabis use to medical purposes, warning it will lead to the monopolisation of the industry by large-scale investors and harm small operators.
Smart farming to drive wolffia's rise
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 03/06/2025
» Wolffia, a high-protein aquatic plant locally known as pham, has long been a part of the traditional diet of Northeast Thailand.
Drones to help ageing farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/12/2024
» The Department of Agriculture is promoting the use of drone technology to help the nation's ageing farmers.
Fruits, veg 'screened for public safety'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2024
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will implement the Hold, Test, Release (HTR) measure to enhance the effectiveness of screening imported fruit and vegetables starting next year, in the wake of news that tainted produce, largely from China, was being dumped into the Thai market.
Paraquat-led farm chemical ban a hit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/06/2024
» Positive signs are emerging that Thailand's food safety protocols are improving after its efforts to ban harmful herbicides and pesticides, paraquat and chlorpyrifos, and limit the use of glyphosate proved a success, a seminar was told.
Caterpillars attack palm trees on Laem Phromthep
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 05/04/2024
» Phuket is battling the spread of black-headed caterpillars, which are threatening to decimate the iconic palmyra palm trees that grow around Laem Phromthep, a famous sunset lookout.
Mekong Basin projects 'doing more harm than good'
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 18/02/2024
» Development projects in the Mekong Basin may threaten lives and livelihoods along the river, according to an expert on sustainable growth and fair use of natural resources.
Stateless, but still in need of help
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 14/01/2024
» The Migrant Learning Centers (MLCs), which take care of 15,139 migrant students in Tak province, have called for immediate help as the living conditions of the children in its care are poor.
'Alien rice' threatens local strains
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/12/2023
» Thai rice is now under threat of losing its identity due to the popularity of alien rice strains smuggled in from neighbouring countries, according to the agriculture minister.
Runners abandon 1.29m speed pills on riverbank
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/07/2023
» NAKHON PHANOM: Authorities seized 1.29 million speed pills abandoned by fleeing smugglers on the bank of the Mekong River in the province's That Phanom district.