CP Group denies responsibility for haze in northern provinces



BANGKOK: -- The Charoen Pokphand Group has denied that farmers under the contract farming arrangement with the company were responsible for starting forest fires which caused smoky haze blanketing several northern provinces in the past few weeks.

The company said today that contract farming to produce corn covers only 20,000 rai of farmland and that the company was capable of controlling its contract farmers to refrain from burning their corn fields after harvests which has been a traditional practice of most corn farmers.

However, the company admitted that it bought corn from corn farmers outside contract farming arrangement but was powerless to control their conduct if any of them continued to burn their fields after the harvests.

Nevertheless, the company has urged the government to address the haze problem in earnest.

Mr Phisit Lee-artham, dean of the Faculty of Economics of Chiangmai University, said that the attractive price of corn, at about nine baht per kilo, has encouraged farmers to turn to corn farming for animal feeds.

Expansion of corn fields had resulted to land clearing through burning to pave way for cultivation, he said.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/cp-group-denies-responsibility-for-haze-in-northern-provinces


-- Thai PBS 2015-03-23

Backpedalling already!

So is picture of field burning a Photoshop picture then?

Why blaming CP?

Why the police, or military just go there and fine the farmers who burn the fields. You can't make it secret.

Not us not our fault, we're not responsible.

Nothing speaks louder than the truth being denied! Corn = pork = baht. Follow the money.

i wish that the government had the courage to charge CP for the increased cost of health care.

As if CPF care about smog.......they just need tons of corn to feed their rotten pigs...........which raises the question....is there actually any pork in their sausages in 711 stores??

As if CPF care about smog.......they just need tons of corn to feed their rotten pigs...........which raises the question....is there actually any pork in their sausages in 711 stores??

Answer: No! Only rice and vinegar.

all CP corn to be MONSTANTO crops ... you know, the cancer producing one's

owner of nice products like AGENT ORANGE

Of course, they could close their supply chain and control all their farmers but that would cost wonga.....