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2016.05.30
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According to the permanent secretary of the Commerce Ministry of Thailand, the country has been setting up a plan to allocate a budget for building a “Rice Institute” to develop value-added products from Thai Rice. As a result of promoting the development of value-added products from...
2016.05.30
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The permanent secretary of the Commerce Ministry of Thailand has said declared a reduction in the area of rice production to promote other non-rice crops and to stablize the price of rice and secure the income of farmers. Based on the data obtained from the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology...
2016.05.30
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According to the Thai Rice Exporters Association, Thailand is the world’s top rice exporter in the first quarter of 2016 with 44 billion baht in value of exports. This is 23 % higher than the same period of 2015. It has been followed by India, Vietnam, Pakistan and the US. Source: ...
2016.04.22
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The year (2016), Thailand agriculture sector has faced the largest impact from severe drought in terms of sharp decline in quantities of agricultural products. The shortages of these agricultural products led to increase in the prices of certain crops. https://www.scbeic.com/en/detail/product/...
2016.04.22
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According to the Bank of Thailand, the farm employments registered lower income figure while non-farm employments in terms of tourism and manufacturing has accelerated the economy of the Southern Part of Thailand. http://agriculture.einnews.com/article/320980813/C4jzbqb903Tbr3tx (Written by...
2016.04.18
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On April 12, 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced that the public storage volume in Korean cabbage and radish will be increased.  These are the main materials used for making Korean Kimchi. The said expansion of public storage was made to stabilize the...
2016.04.18
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On April 15, 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced that Korean annual average per capita meat consumption is 51.3 kg in 2014, which is less than the per capita average consumption, 63.5kg in OECD members.   Source: http://www.mafra.go.kr/list.jsp?...

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