Agriculture and fishing

The cabinet has approved a rice insurance scheme for the 2019 season worth 1.74 billion baht, aiming to cover 30 million rai of farmland. The scheme, operated by the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), covers six types of natural disaster — floods, drought, ...

The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has asked that farmers observe its water supply plan, after finding that 5.28 million rai of off season rice crops are planned in the Chao Phraya river basin, 10 percent beyond its intended supply.Keep reading ...

The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) made the right decision in backing down on the Rice Bill fight, removing controversial content which drew hefty criticism. It agreed to take out a contentious section that prohibits the trade of rice seeds which are not approved under requirements ...

Consumer groups have vowed to ramp up their campaign to force the national committee on hazardous substances to ban three hazardous farm chemicals immediately, not in another two years. Comprising 686 civic groups, they have come together under the banner of the Thai Pesticides Alert ...

Deputy Prime Minister General Chatchai Salikulya would not say directly if the plan to build the controversial Mae Wong dam in order to prevent floods and save the drought-plagued Lower Sakae Krang basin would be scrapped, but he affirmed that concerned parties had at least ...

Thailand has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to ratify an international treaty designed to bolster the living and working conditions onboard commercial fishing vessels.Thailand Labour Minister, Police General Adul Sangsingkeo, presented the signed Work in Fishing Convention No 188, 2007 (WIFC) to ...

Paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos are still allowed for use in Thailand for at least another two years, after the Hazardous Substance Committee yesterday reaffirmed its previous decision not to ban the three controversial agrochemicals.Their decision came despite the insistence of the Public Health Ministry, Office ...

A draft bill for the better protection of fishing-vessel crews sailed through the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday.NLA members voted unanimously to endorse the Bill on Labour Protection in the Fisheries Sector, which the government said would bring the conditions on fishing vessels up to ...

Farmers are getting increasingly worried about the Rice Bill, which drafters claim would improve their lives, but is now causing huge controversy. Researchers and senior government officials have now joined farmers’ calls for the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to address their concerns and avoid triggering ...

The Hazardous Substance Committee may fail to reach a decision on whether to ban paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, said Apichin Jotikashira, Industry Ministry Deputy Permanent Secretary.Keep reading ...