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Bangkok promotes farm sector with agro-trade fair
BANGKOK, August 6 (TNA) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will launch a trade fair later this month to showcase products from Bangkok’s farming sector and to be part of Thailand's grand celebrations of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 84th birthday on December 5, 2011.
Bangkok Deputy Governor Taya Tipsuwan said that the three-day event is aimed to expand markets and add values to farm produce in the Thai capital, besides promoting agro-tourism activities in the city.
The trade fair, set to be held in front of Bangkok’s Central World Plaza from August 19-21, will house exhibitions on modern farm techniques and related occupational training and will become a platform for direct sales of farm-based products.
Meanwhile, the Bangkok deputy governor pointed to a recent survey showing the excess use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides by some 13,000 farming families in at least 26 districts in the Thai capital, which has resulted in high input costs and adverse environmental impacts.
To this end, she said the BMA has resolved to dispatch working teams into the communities to encourage organic farming, instead, for the sake of the sustainable development of the local farming sector, in accordance with the Sufficiency Economy Principle and the New Farm Theory initiated by the beloved Thai monarch. (TNA)
Bangkok Deputy Governor Taya Tipsuwan said that the three-day event is aimed to expand markets and add values to farm produce in the Thai capital, besides promoting agro-tourism activities in the city.
The trade fair, set to be held in front of Bangkok’s Central World Plaza from August 19-21, will house exhibitions on modern farm techniques and related occupational training and will become a platform for direct sales of farm-based products.
Meanwhile, the Bangkok deputy governor pointed to a recent survey showing the excess use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides by some 13,000 farming families in at least 26 districts in the Thai capital, which has resulted in high input costs and adverse environmental impacts.
To this end, she said the BMA has resolved to dispatch working teams into the communities to encourage organic farming, instead, for the sake of the sustainable development of the local farming sector, in accordance with the Sufficiency Economy Principle and the New Farm Theory initiated by the beloved Thai monarch. (TNA)
