"Some 40% of farming households surveyed earned an annual income below the country's poverty line of 32,000 baht. Each farming household had 2.7 members on average," he said. Small plantation areas partly affected productivity of the sector, with 50% of total farming households having productivity levels below the mean. However, farming households showed positive movements in replacing human labour with machinery, with 68% of total farming households using modern agricultural machinery. "The government's incentives must be on par with other countries' in order to sustain Thailand's agricultural sector," said Prof Witsanu.

Source: Bangkok Post May 30, 2018 22:52 UTC