Jirasak Misuan said he spend 17 years of his life in southern Thailand digging the canal because it was often too dry throughout the year.
Farmers said burning the fields before harvest saves money and time. Laborers prefer collecting burnt sugarcane to fresh ones full of leaves.
The Royal Project Foundation is also working with 11 other projects in the same province. These projects have similar objectives -- to help farmers with organic...
Sugarcane growers in this central Thailand have been seen burning their fields at night despite authorities’ ban on the practice to curb haze. Farmers say burning...
The farm is also a part of the study of cannabis growth to prove that cannabis can grow well in regular soil. Outside of special green...
"The 150% claim ratio in crop insurance is the highest in the past four years, excluding the 2011 flood disaster when claims were as high as...
Thailand’s National Committee on Hazardous Substances has postponed its chemical ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos for six months. The postponement will be from from Dec 1...
Groups of farmers have expressed different opinions about the proposed banning of three toxic farm chemicals in Thailand. Namely paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos. One group of...
The US also claims that its Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that glyphosate poses no meaningful risk to human health when used as authorised.
The National Committee on Hazardous Substances has voted to ban three toxic farm chemicals amid threats by opposing farmers to seek a court injunction to suspend...
The water shortages warning was issued cited the low levels of water in reservoirs. Above all they are the main sources for tap water in 22...
Atiwan Hormnan, chair of the Phayao provincial agriculture council, said the three chemicals need to be banned immediately. He said the chemicals poison the soil and...
"Farmers who grow white rice will be paid 2,469.64 a tonne. While those growing fragrant Pathum Thani rice will get 783.45 baht a tonne," he said.
Thailand, one of Asia’s top pork producers, is intensifying efforts to hold off a lethal pig virus that is causing havoc as it spreads across the...
The school also teaches students how to cook the things they grow. "Our garden is a source of pride for the children and community,"
The pesticides paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, which are widely used by Thai farmers,enable higher crop yields.
The severe drought, which has forced many farmers in Northern and Northeastern Thailand have given up on growing rice and have now allowed cattle to graze...
CHIANG RAI – Rice Farmers in northern and northeastern Thailand are facing possibly the worst drought in 40 years, with crops withering and tap water on...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has been ordered to speed up efforts to mitigate the impacts of the looming drought after water levels in...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Meteorological Department has warned that the amount of rain water this year may be the lowest in a decade and people should try...