Tag: Tapioca

A truck laden with tapioca roots in Thailand

News

June 19, 2023December 5, 2023

Public Warehouse Organisation chief faces probe over missing tapioca

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has been asked to investigate the former acting director of the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) for alleged corruption concerning 30,000 tonnes of tapioca root, purchased by the PWO under the mortgage program to help tapioca farmers but which was stored in private sector warehouses. Thailand Developing Biodegradable Plastic Bags Made […]

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Korat woman Patcharida Keeratinoppadol protests in front the Government House in Bangkok

Bangkok

January 26, 2012July 18, 2017

Disgruntled Farmer Strips in Front of Government House

A 40-year-old tapioca farmer took drastic measures in trying to be heard by government officials. Her name is Patcharida Keeratinoppadol and she is a tapioca farmer from Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Yesterday, the woman resorted to taking off her clothes in front of Government House in protest of Cabinet’s recent approval of a tapioca pledging program. […]

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Isan

January 15, 2012

Tapioca growers shut down Sisaket highway in protest

SI SA KET, 15 January 2012 (NNT) – Tapioca farmers gather to protest the downfall of tapioca prices and plead with the government to resolve the crisis. More than 50 trucks loaded with tapioca have been brought in to block Highway No. 24 in Kantharalak district, Si Sa Ket province, while tapioca farmers spread the […]

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