Home » national » Poor farmers to get homesPoor farmers to get homesWatcharin Wakamanont, who heads the Kanchanaburi branch of the Agricultural Land Reform Office, yesterday proposed that newly built |commercial buildings located on ALRO land near the Tiger Temple could be given to poor farmers instead of being demolished. The three-storey buildings have up to 100 rooms for the poor farmers to stay in, he said. The ALRO alone is expected to reclaim more than 430,000 rai of land, which should be allocated to landless farmers, according to Watcharin. He said ARLO was demarcating the land, dividing it into smaller plots so farmers' could use them for crops. If plots were three rai (half a hectare) each, it would mean as many as 310 farmers would benefit, he said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 09, 2016 18:00 UTC