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Thai rice has image problem
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The government's rice-mortgage scheme will push up the export price. Somjin Plengkhum, a Thai trade official in New York, said Thai rice exports are facing a problem of contamination. Some importers have mixed high-quality Thai rice, mainly jasmine
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RICE-PLEDGING SCHEME LEAVES FARMERS CON
Nakhon Sawan :: Thailand | over 1 year ago
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CON Farmers are confused about the government's price-pledging policy as details reveal a wider range of rice and quality instead of just two types of rice and two pledging rates. Farmers are yet to learn more on the scheme's conditions, which are
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Meeting to outline clear practices
Bangkok :: Thailand | over 1 year ago
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Deputy Commerce Minister Poom Sarapol said yesterday that most rice millers wanted to join the government project. However, they want to learn more about the government's conditions to ensure transparency. Charnchai Ratthananon, president of the
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T Magazine: Ravenous | Thit Heo Kho
Houston :: TX :: USA | over 1 year ago
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15 pm Damijan Saccio The author simmers pig cheek and red peppers in coconut water to make thit heo kho, a Vietnamese slow roast pork dish. In this new column, Monique Truong, author of The Book of Salt, and Bitter in the Mouth, shares food stories
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Paddy subsidy a one-year trial
Ranong :: Thailand | over 1 year ago
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In the case of an unsatisfactory price outcome, the government will seriously consider reducing the area planted with rice as an alternative mechanism to increase prices. There are now plans to begin the pledging scheme on October 7. Its first effect
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Ministry wants rice policy body set up soon
Bangkok :: Thailand | over 1 year ago
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The ministry's permanent secretary Yanyong Phuangrach said the new board should be set up promptly to plan for the upcoming rice-harvest season, as the government had announced that it would start the rice pledging in November. Normally, the National
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High rice price may end kingdom's export leadership
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | almost 2 years ago
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Normally, the country exports between 8 million and 10 million tonnes per year, but this year, exports are forecast to break the record, as shipments have been running at an average of 1 million tonnes per month. Cambodia, Burma and Laos will flood
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More jasminerice export grades planned in bid to boost competitiveness
Bangkok :: Thailand | almost 2 years ago
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At the "World Rice Standard Summit 2011" yesterday, government officials and traders agreed that the Kingdom needed to revise the export standard of jasmine rice if it wanted to boost exports at a time when the fragile global economy had led to lower
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Leading rice miller launches premium brand
Bangkok :: Thailand | 2 years ago
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Although there are some leading brands, newcomers are always welcome because this business is highly competitive and open to new entrepreneurs," the company's managing director, Teerapong Rakthananon, said. "Mahanakorn wants to diversify after
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Trade to slow until post-election
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 2 years ago
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Chookiat Ophaswongse, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said yesterday that foreign buyers had not been very active after political parties put forward different plans for rice trade under their farm-goods policies. According
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