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New measures expected to shore up rice prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 25/10/2025
» The Commerce Ministry is preparing to launch additional measures to shore up prices of paddy rice totalling 14 million tonnes, seeking to maintain price stability and strengthen security for rice farmers.
Effort to lift tapioca chip use for feed
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/01/2025
» The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) is collaborating with the private sector to increase the use of tapioca chips in the livestock and feed production industries, aiming for 1 million tonnes of chips, equivalent to 2.5 million tonnes of fresh cassava.
Rice price measures get approval
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/11/2024
» The National Rice Policy and Management Committee has approved three measures to maintain a balance between demand and supply of rice. This will ensure that rice prices in this year's crop won't plummet due to an oversupply during the harvest, observers say.
Team touts use of trees as loan collateral
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/10/2024
» The Business Development Department, in collaboration with the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), is driving an initiative to use perennial trees as collateral for business loans.
PM gives E-wallet start date
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/07/2024
» Registration for the 10,000-baht digital wallet handout will kick off on Aug 1, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Govt yet to ask council about BAAC wallet funds
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/07/2024
» The government has yet to ask the Council of State for legal advice on the use of funds from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) to partly finance the digital wallet scheme, Pakorn Nilprapunt, the council's secretary-general, said.
Counsel sought on Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives loan
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/04/2024
» The government has agreed to ask the Council of State, its legal arm, to interpret whether the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) can legitimately allow the government to borrow 172.3 billion baht to finance its digital wallet handout scheme partially.
Support scheme for rice farmers gets underway
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/11/2023
» The government yesterday began the disbursement of 1,000 baht per rai -- limited to 20,000 baht per household -- to rice farmers as part of its support scheme for the 2023-24 harvest season.
Support scheme for rice farmers gets underway
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/11/2023
» The government on Tuesday began the disbursement of 1,000 baht per rai — limited to 20,000 baht per household — to rice farmers as part of its support scheme for the 2023-24 harvest season.
Another B56bn in rice support given nod
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/11/2023
» The cabinet yesterday approved additional rice support measures worth 56 billion baht, raising the state's total spending on rice support in the 2023-24 harvest season to 111 billion baht.