1 - 4 of 4 results for "cassava"

  1. 1. business | 29 Mar 2013

    Government scales back cassava pledging scheme

    AGRICULTURE

    By Chatrudee Theparat, Newspaper section: Business

    » The government may not need to subsidise cassava in the 2013-14 season, as tapioca prices have recovered amid high demand for its use in alternative energy, especially in China.

  2. 2. business | 11 May 2013

    No extension for cassava subsidy as demand rebounds

    AGRICULTURE

    By Phusadee Arunmas, Newspaper section: Business

    » The government will not extend the cassava subsidy for the 2012-13 season, as tapioca prices have recovered amid high demand for its use in alternative energy, especially in China.

  3. 3. learning | 21 Mar 2011

    War on Mealybugs begins

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Tapioca growers must use predators and immerse cassava trunks in chemicals. Some farmers have failed to do this. More chemicals are on the way.

  4. 4. learning | 23 Oct 2012

    Wasps to the rescue

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Local farmers, media and scientists gathered to witness the release of bug-killing parasitic wasps in a cassava plantation in Khon Kaen in 2010. Now agricultural officials want to use the same approach to protect coconut...

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