Cabinet okays B8bn package for sugarcane farmers
The mobile cabinet on Monday greenlighted incentives worth 8 billion baht for sugarcane farmers who agree to cut fresh sugarcane without burning the residue, a move aimed at helping reduce the amount of PM2.5 dust in the 2022/23 harvest year.
According to Rudklao Suwankiri, the government’s deputy spokesperson, funding to support the scheme will be sourced from the state-owned Bank for Agricultural and Agricultural Cooperatives.
Under the scheme, which is aimed at addressing the burning of the residue of their crop by sugarcane farmers, the government would offer farmers who agree to cut fresh sugarcane without burning the residue 120 baht per tonne.
Bangkok Post Reporter
