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Cabinet okays price-guarantee scheme for rice farmers

In response to concerns over the drop in the price of jasmine rice due to export slowdown and limited tourism owing to the Covid-19 crisis, the Cabinet has given the go-ahead to a rice-guarantee scheme for farmers who will harvest their rice crop at the ...

The Nation Reporter

Govt rice price payouts to start next month

The rice price guarantee scheme will begin next month with farmers set to be paid the difference when the price falls below a predetermined benchmark, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said.He was speaking as he led a delegation of officials from the ...

Phusadee Arunmas

Agriculture price guarantees not very sustainable, warns academic

Though the government plans to spend Bt150 billion on agriculture price guarantees, this measure will not improve the quality of products or boost farmers’ quality of life, an academic warned.“The price guarantee cannot be applied to all products because they all take different times to ...

Somluck Srimalee

Jurin to launch 10-point plan to drive economic growth

Jurin Laksanawisit, the Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister, has announced 10 measures to drive the country’s economic growth.The measures include an agricultural products price guarantee programme, investigations to ensure that prices of products and service price are fair, a boost in the country’s exports, ...

Somluck Srimalee

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