Stimulus Money To Reach People In March, April: Pm

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You forgot 100 bil or so to subsidise crop prices.

Works like magic all the time.

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World rice production is 645million tons per annum by 114 countries , 50 have more than 100,000 tons per annum , Asia produces 90% of this , however , half of this is produced by 2 countries , China and India . Thai comsume average per person 100 kl per year, GDP is us$111 billion , only 11% comes from agriculture who have 56% of total labour . Present rice yield is 2.33 tons per hectare , one of the lowest in the world , mechanisation has improved production . Thai has increased exports to 6.5 million tons per year , the increase has not come from increased prodution however , it comes from reduced demand by the local populace . 75% of rice production comes from the central region in the dry season . Fertiliser consumption is 1,660,863 tons per year .

Chinas yield per hectare is 6.2 tons .

Thai yield per hectare is 2.33 tons .

International Rice Research .

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You are obviously biased toward the old ways of doing things

And that is not calling all Thai farmers lazy.

If it was said in any of the Pad/elite topics the poster would have been crucified already.

Jeez, why does it take a right wing fascist elitist like me to point out that rural folks are not lazy?

But if they say so in Thaivisa farming forum than it must be true.

The 'Quote ' you gave as if pertaining to something I had written , YOU WERE THE ONE THAT REFERED TO THE ANCIENT WAYS NOT I , so the quetion "And is that not calling all Thai farmers lazy " In actual fact pertains to your opinions not mine . Should you and your defenders re-read ALL of our posts and have an understanding of the English language , it will become (Or should) obvious that you in fact are the one who made the point about Thai laziness , not I , I merely supplied 'The carrot on a stick ' as another poster commented , but then again , you most likely misunderstood that post also .

Because you also do not appear to have read the comments on TV farmers thread , so know not of what they have proven , you make a dismal attempt at sarcasm , I am attempting to make comments that will somehow persuade you to put in some usefull dialogue to your local farmers that will easily improve yield and thus income , but due to your indifference , you instead become sanctamonious in your attitude , so be it . Please do not be so blatantly critical toward posters who are at least making some attempt for improvement , for whatever frustration you may be feeling because you have niether the knowledge or intent , just enjoy your life the best way you see fit under your present circumstance .

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The 'Quote ' you gave as if pertaining to something I had written , YOU WERE THE ONE THAT REFERED TO THE ANCIENT WAYS NOT I , so the quetion "And is that not calling all Thai farmers lazy " In actual fact pertains to your opinions not mine . Should you and your defenders re-read ALL of our posts and have an understanding of the English language , it will become (Or should) obvious that you in fact are the one who made the point about Thai laziness , not I , I merely supplied 'The carrot on a stick ' as another poster commented , but then again , you most likely misunderstood that post also .

Because you also do not appear to have read the comments on TV farmers thread , so know not of what they have proven , you make a dismal attempt at sarcasm , I am attempting to make comments that will somehow persuade you to put in some usefull dialogue to your local farmers that will easily improve yield and thus income , but due to your indifference , you instead become sanctamonious in your attitude , so be it . Please do not be so blatantly critical toward posters who are at least making some attempt for improvement , for whatever frustration you may be feeling because you have niether the knowledge or intent , just enjoy your life the best way you see fit under your present circumstance .

Well .... just so any misunderstanding of what was actually said in your first post can be corrected :

First off , there is too much emphasis on these 'Hard working ' rice farmers , how many hours do they ACTALY work per crop ? Most of the work is by the struggling rice to survive in variable weather and water conditions , on top of this , the majority of 'The hard labour ', if you can call it that , is by the hired help . Show me a Thai who puts in a full day of PRODUCTIVE labour and I will give you a Westerner who produces a minimum of 5 times the END PRODUCT , of better quality . Should Thai learn to work as hard as they play and talk at 'Work ' one may see some definite inprovement in production .

Thailand is one of , if not the , lowest producers of rice per rai , simply because of thier lazy attitude , flame me if you wish , but first take the time to do a comparison of rice production with China , 1,000 kilo as apposed to 350 , if you are lucky , per rai in Thailand . They need a kick up the ass , not any kind of hand out which they will most likely spend on a new phone or some other such toy , they are still but children when it comes to economics , and please no comparisons to the western world , you happen to be living in Thailand and this just happens to be a THAI RELATED FORUM .

Your reason for low rice production per rai in Thailand is invalid -- and your post is insulting to the majority of rice farmers in this country. The use of stereotypical generalities such as -- ---" They need a kick up the ass" and "hand out which they will most likely spend on a new phone or some other such toy" speaks more to your bigotry than to the work ethic of the Thai farmer.

"useful dialogue"---"some attempt for improvement" ---- nothing like that in your posts --- only a sad parroting of intolerance --- providing no contribution to actually improve the situation.. Others are doing that!!

Just on the off chance you actually give a sh*t as to (one) reason for the low Kg/rai rice production in Thailand --- consider ..... 88% (area under cultivation) of Thai rice is produced under rainfall only conditions (nil irrigation) ..... unlike almost all other major producers. Where rice is grown under irrigation --allowing more than one crop annually -- Thai rice production output quite good.

Thailand remains the largest rice exporter in the world and (unlike China and others) forbids GM rice.

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What I wrote was regurgitation of an article concerning improvement of production by government and NGOs who made attemtps to retrain farmers in more effective methods , an interest was shown until it was also mentioned these methods required 12/14 more hours of labour per season , no takers . As to my doing nothing or giving a s###t , my extended famlies production has gained 25% more yield due to searching info on TV farming thread and taking advise/suggestions from the likes of Maize Farmer . Those farmers have increased production 50% under the same conditions as those who chose to not listen to advise from thier own country men . Another poster picked up on what he called '' MY comparison " post . I was a tad more blatant than the NGOs , got some attention though , usualy makes people more aware , but i missed out , did not realise some would just get pe-ed off and psis in my ear , ah well .