Ministry of Agriculture in Thailand laying out a framework for providing assistance to salt farmers affected by natural disasters

On 2 November 19, Mr. Amphan Welutanti, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Chaired the meeting to discuss guidelines for implementing the rules and procedures related to agricultural assistance to disaster victims in an emergency, B.E. 2021 and farmer registration. The meeting considered and agreed on the guidelines for determining the types of natural disasters of salt pans, namely floods/sea floods, storms and continuous heavy rains. and laying down the rules for registration of salt farmers Farmers must draw up a map clearly specifying each type of rice field for registration. In order to comply with the request for assistance in the event of a natural disaster And the operators can check the damage assessment correctly according to the criteria for helping. However, the Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives He emphasized that officials and farmers representatives publicize the salt farmers to register the ...