(Photo by Patipat Janthong)Opposition to the state's ban on three harmful herbicides looks set to escalate as farmers gear up to defy an order to hand over the chemicals to authorities amid plans for a rally on Tuesday. "Farmers will not hand the chemicals to the Department of Agriculture and Cooperatives," Sukan Sangwanna, secretary-general of the Federation of Safe Agriculture, said. The farmers' stance is worrying for authorities as they are committed to the ban of the chemicals, form which they had earlier issued licences. "But if the committee [NHSC] changes its decision, the government will not be pleased." "I can't tell whether we can ban the chemicals in time on Dec 1.

Source: Bangkok Post November 23, 2019 23:48 UTC