Tag: Farmland
Thai Army boasts major crackdown on opium farms in the North
Anti-narcotics authorities have eradicated more than 1,600 rai of opium poppy farmlands in the North over the past year, but recently discovered three major drug [Read More…]
THAILAND: Rice pests multiply post-floods
BANGKOK, 12 March 2012 (IRIN) – Heavy flooding across parts of Thailand in 2011 has fuelled outbreaks of a rice pest that can decimate harvests, [Read More…]
Thai PM Yingluck unveils master plan on flood prevention
BANGKOK, 20 January 2012 (NNT) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has expressed her confidence that the government’s master plan on water management will help [Read More…]
Bangkok could be dry in 11 days
Bangkok could be drained of water in 11 days, says the Irrigation Department, presenting good news to an anxious city for the first time since [Read More…]
At least 533 killed from floods in Thailand
The flood toll in Thailand now stands at 533, with two people missing, Disaster Mitigation Centre director Phanu Yaemsri said yesterday, adding that floods continue [Read More…]
Thailand floods: Information for flood donations
Flooding in Thailand cause havoc, leaves hundreds dead, thousands lost their homes and jobs. The flooding has inundated about six million hectares of land, of [Read More…]
Thai armed forces get SOS: Military and police to assist in flood rescue
The Flood-Relief Operations Command (FROC) yesterday issued its first order to the military and police commanders in flood-ravaged provinces to urgently mobilise personnel and resources [Read More…]
Thailand flood toll: 244 dead, Ayutthaya warned
As extensive flooding continues to wreak havoc in 28 provinces throughout Thailand, the confirmed death toll on Thursday had risen to 244 with three people [Read More…]
