Thread: Thailand aims to be world leader in food exports

Thailand aims to become the world's leader in food exports with target for 10% growth in the average 800 billion baht food export value a year.

This was declared by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak at the opening of “THAIFEX-World of Food Asia”,at Challenger, Muangthong Thani, Bangkok yesterday.

He said Thailand exported food to over 200 countries with five food exports among the world’s highest in export values.

They are rice, processed chicken, canned seafood, processed seafood, and food flavour which....

Thailand aims to be world leader in food exports - Thai PBS English News

A recurrence of Avian flu and an inability to tackle their penchant for slavery, brutal exploitation and deception in food production will ensure these hubristic ambitions will fail.

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

with five food exports among the world’s highest in export values.

They are rice,........

Rice sold on government auctions cannot be delivered because of different qualities - Thai PBS English News

We're gonna need many more Burmese slaves then.

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

Thailand aims to be world leader in food exports

Why was the word 'hub' missed out of this title???

so a rise in imports of chemicals , food preservatives and other methods to doctor production for the smug cheating feeling of putting one over some other poor bastard who you will be poisoning

the joys of being sub chinese

Thai food, world leading exporters of diarrhoea

They've got a new paste-like product apparently called Soylent Green. The production involves some unpalatable practices but that hasn't stopped them in the past

Wonder what the real expectations might be if food stuffs weren't heavily controlled by government mafia....

I spend quite a bit of time in Isaan with the family - rice farmers of course, some veggies & tobacco. Thailand has a LONG way to go to emerge from subsistence farming to large-scale export of foods (except rice of course).

* Supposed to insert a pic Screen Dump from Wiki about Medieval farming, but I am too stupid to get it to onto here.....*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_field_system

Originally Posted by IsaanMan

I spend quite a bit of time in Isaan with the family - rice farmers of course, some veggies & tobacco. Thailand has a LONG way to go to emerge from subsistence farming to large-scale export of foods (except rice of course).

* Supposed to insert a pic Screen Dump from Wiki about Medieval farming, but I am too stupid to get it to onto here.....*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_field_system

Commercial grown tobacco or for familiar/local use?
Where in Isaan are you?

As tobacco here is highly restricted to where the profitable commercial product can flourish - selected areas of Sukhothai, Plok, Phetchabun, Uttaradit, and Phichit.

Unless the bylaws have been modified allowing other regions to grow commercial tobacco by the highly controlling Thailand Tobacco Monopoly - it's possible such restrictions have changed.

On the way to Sakhon Nakhon from Kalasin. Get up there about 4 times per year - mainly the major Thai holidays (the Drive of Near Death normally)

Some rice is for sale - the rest is for family. Same as veggies & tobacco (subsistence). The ground is like concrete most of the year. Some tapioca on the farms, small fish. Usual stuff.

First they need to have a water management system, perhaps?

Until they can do that, best leave the big proclamations out of it.

Originally Posted by kmart

First they need to have a water management system, perhaps?

Until they can do that, best leave the big proclamations out of it.

Great declarations and dreamy image inducing claims are what they do well - almost an industry in itself.

Originally Posted by wasabi

Thai food, world leading exporters of pussy

More like it.

I visited the ThaiFex food show at Impact Arena last week and the competetion offered by neigbouring countries is strong.

Thailand producers must improve their standards just to remain regionally competitive.

Originally Posted by poorfalang

Originally Posted by wasabi

Thai food, world leading exporters of pussy

More like it.

something fishy about that.