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What Deputy PM Somkid didn’t say: disasters loom large as Thai government eager to join CPTPP
FTA Watch and Thai civil society slammed government’s attempt, lead by the Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, to push Thailand into CPTPP free trade agreement (FTA) while the country have no negotiating power; risking negative impacts on... Read More »
Campaign to ban three hazardous chemicals in Thailand
BIOTHAI is joining with as many as 700 other civil society groups and people around Thailand in support of the Ministry of Public Health’s recommendation to ban the use of Paraquat and Chlorpyrifos, and restrict the use of Glyphosate.   For further... Read More »
Supermarkets: today’s food source - Trends and impact
Public seminar – Supermarkets: today’s food source - Trends and impact 8 September 2018, Biothai Foundation, Growing Diversity Park, Nonthaburi, Thailand Summary report The growth of the supermarket sector has been very rapid. Today, 30 global... Read More »
Why do the giant food corporations oppose the draft Sustainable Agriculture Bill ?
CPF is a giant of the food and animal feed industries. It is the world's number one producer of animal feed, surpassing New Hope and Wen’s Food Group from China, Cargill, Land O’Lakes and Tyson foods from the US, as well as the Brazil Foods company... Read More »
Haven’t the nation’s soils been exposed enough to toxins?
Pornsil Patcharintanakul, Executive in charge of Animal Feed Operations at Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc, who is also the President of the Thai Feedmill Association of Thailand, along with Mr Pramote Tirapraiwong, President of the Thai Agro Business... Read More »

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Food4Change Campaign update
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Supermarkets: today’s food source - Trends and impact
Public seminar – Supermarkets: today’s food source - Trends and impact 8 September...
September 8,2018
Impacts of the Thai-EU Free Trade Agreement on plant varieties, biodiversity and food security
If Thailand accepts the intellectual property law in the course of the negotiations f...
February 22,2015
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Food security at a time of political and economic crisis
1. The Political and Economic Crisis This year, our annual conference was organised...
July 8,2014
About the rice we eat
For many weeks already, there’s been a vibrant discussion about the rice that we eat...
July 11,2013
If we want a good food system, we must build it ourselves (Part II: Focus on consumers)
By the food we eat, can we change the world (or not)? In my previous post, I talke...
March 11,2013

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The movement to oppose Big Business’ draft GMO Bill has begun again. Will this be the last time?
If this draft bill is successfully passed by the Cabinet, this government will be the...
November 14,2015
Thailand at a crossroads, will we head towards organic farming or choose the path of the GMO?
Up until 1 October 2015, member states of the European Union (EU) are entitled to not...
October 12,2015
Reasons to oppose Thailand’s draft Biosafety Bill
The news that Thailand’s draft Biosafety Bill has been withdrawn from deliberation in...
August 20,2015
Corporate profits pay for pro-GMO science
Whoever can control and monopolise our seeds, can hold the food and agricultural syst...
November 27,2014
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Open letter to Thai Prime Minister from concerned scientists regarding open-field testing and commercialisation of GM crops
A recent attempt by the Thai government to consider allowing for an open-field testin...
November 9,2014
Seeds corporations take advantage once again - pushing for GMOs under a military government
You may remember that back during General Surayuth Chulanont’s administration, seeds...
October 20,2014

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Why do the giant food corporations oppose the draft Sustainable Agriculture Bill ?
CPF is a giant of the food and animal feed industries. It is the world's number one p...
August 1,2018
Haven’t the nation’s soils been exposed enough to toxins?
Pornsil Patcharintanakul, Executive in charge of Animal Feed Operations at Charoen Po...
July 23,2018
Will collecting seeds for replanting be made a crime ?
The Department of Agriculture (DOA) appears to be using the period of mourning to qui...
October 9,2017
Impacts for farmers and consumers of amending the Plant Varieties Protection Act
April 11,2016
Warning to Thai government: Stop meddling with the Plant Protection laws
This was the warning given by a former Minister of Public Health who knows all about...
April 11,2016
Goverment support for organic farmers-simply hot air
Based on statements issued by the interim government of Thailand and related agencies...
September 29,2015

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Campaign to ban three hazardous chemicals in Thailand
BIOTHAI is joining with as many as 700 other civil society groups and people around T...
September 9,2018
700 organisations petition Thai government to push for a ban on hazardous agrichemicals
The petition of 700 organisations forming a network to push for a ban on the use of h...
June 7,2018
Official Statement of the Network in Support of Banning Dangerous Chemicals
  We are calling for the government and the Hazardous Substances Control Bureau to im...
May 23,2018
Official Statement of the Network in Support of Banning Dangerous Chemicals
We are calling for the government and the Hazardous Substances Control Bureau to imme...
May 23,2018
Statement on the Decision by the Hazardous Substances Control Bureau on 23rd May 2018
The Network in Support of Banning Dangerous Chemicals, composed of 369 organizations,...
May 23,2018
Thailand's Pathway to Regulation of Three Dangerous Chemicals
What has been happening on Thailand’s road to banning and regulating three dangerous...
April 5,2018
Thai PAN has published the results of their second...
Thai PAN has published the results of their second round of testing on chemical pesti...
October 7,2016
Food4Change Campaign update
BioThai began working in the 1990s with farming communities and various networks to g...
January 5,2019
Tree vegetables: Perennials for a long life and su...
There are many ways to campaign for food security, but perhaps the simplest, most dir...
October 3,2018
Campaign to ban three hazardous chemicals in Thail...
BIOTHAI is joining with as many as 700 other civil society groups and people around T...
September 9,2018
Will collecting seeds for replanting be made a cri...
The Department of Agriculture (DOA) appears to be using the period of mourning to qui...
October 9,2017
About the rice we eat
For many weeks already, there’s been a vibrant discussion about the rice that we eat...
July 11,2013
Thai corporations investing in ASEAN countries
June 25,2013
What Deputy PM Somkid didn’t say: disasters loom l...
FTA Watch and Thai civil society slammed government’s attempt, lead by the Deputy Pri...
February 20,2020