It appears many are moving into the Chao Phraya river basin north of Bangkok, the country's main farming region and its chief centre of population.
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Zug long was a poor farming region, but in 1947 its leaders began to trim tax rates in an effort to attract companies and the well-heeled.
The Canadian-controlled mining company, Boliden, says it is not to blame for the disaster, but has pledged millions to help pay for ruined crops in the farming region.
Seasonal produce from the lush Fraser Valley farming region, which starts 60km east of the city, is a highlight of the market, from crisp autumnal apples to orange-hued winter squash.
The name denotes the PLACE OF ORIGIN, which also carries with it certain understood qualities such as types of grape used in the region, or breeds and farming practices from the region.
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Coupled with a three-year drought, that makes farming hard, even in a fertile region.
With a history anchored in farming, the settlements that punctuate the region are more like hamlets than towns.
Farming, long the bedrock of the region's economy, is in trouble.
The visit to the South West is designed to highlight two of the region's most important industries - farming and tourism - that were both badly affected by last year's foot-and-mouth outbreak.
For example, in the island nation of Papua New Guinea, an increase in population growth coupled with rising sea levels is decreasing the amount of crop land making farming very difficult for the indigenous people of the region, according to the U.N.
Dana Diminescu, of France's Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, recently discovered that 11 villages in the Oas region of northern Romania, a poor farming area of about 70, 000 people, had generated a regular pattern of illegal migrants to Paris, almost all of whom eventually went back home.
But many of the huge landholdings are in the Amazon region, and much of their land is unsuited to farming of any kind, though in other places there is indeed scope for redistribution.
All of which helps explain why the region has failed as yet to lure in much foreign direct investment, beyond mining and farming.
Apart from hunting and gathering, early farming techniques including meadows for fodder, trade and mining have been important ways for earning a living in the region.
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