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Rice policy mainly benefits rich people
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/08/2012
» Poor farmers get 5% of govt rice program money, merchants & millers get 63%.
Too much rice in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/09/2011
» Real problem is overproduction & excess of rice pushing prices down. Labour wasted, used only sporadically in peak months. Poor farmers produce only 15 tonnes of rice per harvest, but are 82% of all rice-farming households.
Rice scheme mostly helps rich
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/09/2011
» Poor stuck buying more expensive rice. Rice exporters, millers, warehousers, richer farmers, the cronies of politicians, the ones who will really benefit.
Government returns to rice trade
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/07/2011
» Will active government buying, storing, selling rice, using it as collateral for state bank loans, avoid the corruption of the past?
Rice policy corruption
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/06/2011
» Revival of past rice policy will create opportunities for middleman rice millers to profit, not the small farmers who need help.
Rice stockpiles not necessary
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/02/2011
» Heavy losses resulted when past governments took physical possession of large amounts of rice.
The future of the Thai economy
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/11/2010
» An economics seminar this week began the informed debate that is needed more than ever after the redshirt-yellowshirt mudslinging of the last few years.
Wave of investment money likely heading towards Asia and Thailand from US
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/10/2010
» The US is deeply mired in a sluggish economy with high levels of unemployment. US policy to get its economy moving again may affect Asia.