Agriculture and fishing
US slashes anti-dumping tax on Vietnamese shrimp
The US Department of Commerce has cut anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnamese shrimp by up to 86 percent, giving rise to hope that shrimp exports to that country will increase in the remaining months of this year. Keep reading ...
Floods wreak havoc with Rakhine
In the aftermath of the deadly flooding that devastated Rakhine State, one third of paddy acreage in the northern part of the state is littered with fallen trees and branches, dead animals and the detritus of wrecked houses. Deep deposits of mud dumped by the ...
IUU laws fail to curb abuse of fishermen
Measures to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices should be accompanied by rigorous labour protection measures, activists said on 9 September at a Chulalongkorn University seminar. Following the European Union’s final warning — a yellow card issued to Thailand in late April — the government has rolled ...
Trees ‘felled for pepper’
Batambang’s Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary is being illegally logged for pepper posts, with brokers bribing environment officers to transport the timber, residents and NGO workers have said. Keep reading ...
Drought improves in Battambang; concerns remain
Despite improving drought-like conditions in Battambang province, farmers and rice millers alike are still concerned about yield and quality levels of rice in one of the country’s leading rice-producing regions. In last month’s report on the drought situation from the Agriculture Ministry, Battambang, along with Banteay ...
Agreement signed to sustain fisheries
In the first such initiative, Vietnam’s Directorate of Fisheries and six other members signed an agreement on 9 September on Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the fisheries and aquaculture sector with the aim to support sustainable development in this sphere. Keep reading ...
Thai rice stockpile under scrutiny
Provincial officials have 30 days to complete the inspection of rice stored at 1,800 warehouses nationwide under a deadline set by the National Rice Policy Committee chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Keep reading ...
Farmers banned from planting ask for aid
Rice farmers in Ayutthaya are appealing to the government for social assistance after irrigation authorities requested growers in the Chao Phraya River basin not to plant any new crops because of low water levels in the four main dams. Keep reading ...
Mass infection in pigs sparks fears
A new breakout of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has taken the lives of more than 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts across Siem Reap since mid-August, a new report by the province’s Agriculture Department says. Officials, meanwhile, are attempting to ...
Asparagus becomes latest promising crop
Farmers in Ha Noi’s suburban Phuc Tho District are making more money after turning to a new crop, asparagus. Bui Thi Lang, head of the district’s Hiep Thuan Commune’s farmers’ association, said that they started to grow asparagus earlier this year after local authorities sought crops ...
