It means, yet again, the production of Thailand’s most ... has to pay again. Future rice productivity will depend on climate action and innovation techniques. (Photo: CNA/Jack Board) “It ...

Thailand’s centuries-old rice cultivation system is under severe stress from climate change, unsustainable farm debts and a lack of innovation, despite tens of billions of dollars in subsidies ...

According to Thai historians, the ritual goes back some 700 years. Then, as now, the cultivation of rice was central to the country’s culture and economy, and the ceremony is meant to give ...