date:May 29, 2013
Fruit production in Thailand's Northern provinces has been severely affected by the fluctuating weather conditions, particularly the yield of longan and lychee.
The Office of Agricultural Economics estimates the lychee production in the four northern provinces of Chiang Rai, Phayao, Chiang Mai and Nan will be some 48,000 tonnes, 16 per cent or 9,600 tonnes less than last years harvest.
The expected decline in production is due to the weather that was not continuously cold and there was also ra