Thailand: Commerce confirmed measures to help farmers fully, after seeing the price of open rice

Commerce confirms measures to help farmers. Ready to move forward with an income insurance program After meeting farmers in some areas suffered from the depressing rice field On April 25, 2021, Mr. Wattanasak Sueaiam, Director-General of the Department of Internal Trade revealed that from the complaint of farmers in Kalasin province that they were suffering from the depressing price of secondhand rice. The Ministry of Commerce would like to clarify that For the rice that farmers harvest during this period, it is second-season rice. Which is the second crop of farmers in some areas This will contain approximately 4.9 million tons of paddy, accounting for 16 percent of the total amount of paddy. And from the investigation of complaints from farmers who sell secondhand paddy at 6,700-6,800 baht per ton The Provincial Commercial Office has examined the fact that trading in the area was found. Cultivation of second-season glutinous rice is fresh harvested rice. With humidity And most ...