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December  2020

• 12/17/20 -Thai Hom Mali Rice regain the status of the global rice champion

November  2020​​​​

• 11/26/20 -Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives plans to promote insect protein as the food of the future for Novel Food industry.

• 11/25/20 -Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ministry of Commerce and Royal Thai Army signed the “MOU” to promote agriculture activities both production and marketing under the concept “Agriculture Produces - Commerce Markets” aiming to improve quality of Thai farmer livelihood

October  2020​​​​

• 10/30/20 -Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) to initiate the Sustainable Urban Agriculture Development Project

• 10/27/20 -“Chalermchai” aims Thailand as the global hub for edible insect protein to support farmers as an alternative choice during Covid-19.

• 10/01/20 - Agricultural Foreign Policy Briefing by H.E. Dr. Chalermchai Sree-on Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives under the theme 3S “Safety, Security and Sustainability”

September 2020​​​​

• 9/30/20 - “Dr. Chalermchai” ordered “RAOT” to establish Thailand as a global rubber glove hub

• 9/28/20 - Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives expedites for setting up the National Organic Institution intended for executing Big Data

• ​​9/28/20 - 94th Anniversary of the Foundation Day of the Department of Fisheries, Thailand “The Perseverance and the Development of Sustainable Fisheries”

• ​​9/10/20 - Six departments under MOAC clarified the “CPTPP” concerns

August 2020​​​

• ​​8/28/20 - OAE propels its Minister policy (Agriculture Produces, Commerce Markets) by signing MOU with UTCC

July 2020​​

• ​​7/30/20 - Driving the new theory of agriculture throughout the country

• ​​7/21/20 - MOAC launches the web site “ช่วยเกษตร.com”, start by June 21, 2020

• ​7/21/20 - MOAC moves proactivly to cooperate with Federation of Thai Industries in 6 areas to added value for agricultural products

• 7/21/20 - Mr. Alongkorn Ponlabut, Advisor to Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, had a meeting with Mr. Boonprasert Phuphan, president of Franchise & License Association (FLA)

• 7/21/20 - the 4/63 meeting of the Monitoring and Advisory Committee on Rubber Price and Price Stabilization

• 7/14/20 - “Cooperatives 4.0” model, “O2O Double Market” digital marketing model, and the establishment of University for Cooperatives

• 7/14/20 - MOAC collaborates with MOC to move the principle of market on produce products based on market demand to launch the application “M-Help Me”

• 7/10/20 - MOAC established the Agritech and Innovation Center (AIC) expecting to complete its first phase within 3 months 

• 7/9/20 - Thailand’s Humane Coconut Harvesting Techniques

• 7/6/20 - MOAC promotes mulberry silk products “Thai Silk” through online portal (Lazada and Shoppee)  to fight agianst COVID-19

June 2020

• 6/16/20 - "Chalermchai" revealed the works for preventing ASF to protect the industry of 150 billion THB

May 2020

• 5/22/20 - MOU between DOAE and DOA on Certification of GAP Farms

• 5/20/20 - NHSC bans 2 hazardous substances

• 5/5/20 - Cabinet has approved payment of 5,000 THB for 3 months to farmers affected from COVID-19

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