BANGKOK, 20 January 2010 (NNT) – The government will transport about 30,000 tons of rice to help Haitian victims in the beginning of September 2010 after a magnitude 7.0 quake rocked the Caribbean country of Haiti on 12 January. As the chair of the Haiti Donation Center, Prime Minister’s Office Minister Virachai Virameteekul stated that [...]
BANGKOK, July 3 (TNA) – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will pay a one-day official visit to Vietnam on July 10 to strengthen bilateral relations between the two nations, particularly regarding rice production cooperation, according to Deputy Secretary to the prime minister Dr. Panithan Wattanayagorn. Dr. Panithan, also acting government spokesman, said the trip [...]
Rice mortgage is one of many methods the government uses to assist farmers by manipulating rice prices. However, there are problems found in the government rice mortgage scheme, including produce adulteration and price arbitrage. The government by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva therefore initiated the idea to use a rice price guarantee scheme instead of the [...]
BANGKOK, 4 June 2009 (NNT) – The National Rice Policy Committee (NRPC) has resolved to raise the rice mortgage quota from 4 million tons to 6 million with a total budget of 24 billion baht.