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Yingluck starts drive to shore up rice prices
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/11/2016
» Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has launched a new campaign to promote the consumption of a variety of rice products as a way to drive up paddy prices.
Govt rice losses: 130 billion baht, not 34 bil
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/06/2013
» Low estimate didn't include market value of unsold rice in storage. Rice is perishable & falls in value so market value is real value (mark-to-market).
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%.
Govt rice prices ignore global markets: Road to ruin?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/05/2012
» Paying for rice far above world market prices, govt may be destroying Thailand's rice sector & handing leadership to India & Vietnam.
Rice industry corruption
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/05/2012
» With dealings between millers, exporters & government invisible to public, rice industry corruption seems likely but also impossible to prove.
World rice supply soars, prices to fall?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/01/2012
» Increased rice production by India & rice importing countries pose danger for Thai world rice market leadership.
Rice policy: Govt spending black hole?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/09/2011
» Will consumers pay for huge rice price subsidies, far above market prices? Will ignoring the market lead to a vicious cycle of government spending?