Development of Vegetable Production and Organic Vegetable Production in Thailand

Nguyen Thi Phuong
INTRODUCTION Thailand is an agricultural country with a total area of about 51.31 million hectares. More than 23.88 million hectares are used for agricultural production, which is equivalent to 46.54% of the country’s total agriculture land (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment,...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agribusiness
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240

Trends in Dietary Patterns and Consumer Policies in Thailand

Chayada Bhadrakom
ABSTRACT The promotion of healthier dietary patterns has currently become an important concern for Thai public health. This article is a review of the current transition in dietary patterns and nutrition status in Thailand together with food consumption trends of Thai consumers. It is found that...
Country: Thailand Topic: Food security and safety
3,795
258

Expansion of Foreign Agricultural Industry through Various Crops - Establishment of the five-year Comprehensive Plan for the 3rd Foreign Agricultural Resources Development (`18~`22) -

Byoung-Hoon Lee
ABSTRACT   MAFRA established a ‘Five-year Comprehensive Plan for the 3rd Foreign Agricultural Resources Development (`18~`22)’. This plan is to change the direction of foreign agricultural development into developing various crops, help the expansion of related industry, and support...
Country: Korea Topic: Food security and safety
2,566
152

Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) and ARC Clusters: Strategies and Policies for Strengthening Connectivity and Mobilizing Resources for Agrarian Reform in the Philippines

Ruel C. Limbo
ABSTRACT The Agrarian Reform Community (ARC) development strategy was adopted in 1993 as an integrated approach to development of communities.  It complemented land distribution with interventions designed to improve the productivity of the land and the farmers.  The strategy was later...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations
11,977
372

Towards a More Productive Agriculture: A Review of the Policies Affecting the Philippine Fertilizer Industry

Princess Alma B. Ani, Meliza A. Festejo-Abeleda
ABSTRACT The important contribution of fertilizers in achieving agricultural productivity to ensure food security is highlighted in this paper. State of the two sub-sectors of the Philippine fertilizer industry, the inorganic fertilizer and bio-fertilizer, was discussed. The inorganic fertilizer...
Country: Philippines Topic: Food security and safety
17,510
477

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