“Why do you still want to grow a lot of rice paddy when there would be losses [resulting from doing that]?” the premier quipped during a meeting with Suthep Kongmak, president of the Thai rice growers’ association. Prayut said every stakeholder had to grasp the situation in regard to the country’s rice production properly, so that problems can be resolved effectively. ‘Make farmers stronger’After, Prayut said: “We intend to solve farmers’ problems at their root cause. Many factors are involved such as rice quality, floods and drought, high production costs, so we need to help farmers adapt to changes, so that they are stronger. After all, we’re not telling farmers to stop growing rice, but they have to adapt to the new conditions.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 15, 2016 18:08 UTC