Measures set to stop rice prices falling

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Successive governments have not yet learnt to stop meddling with the market for rice and rubber.

The governments have caused the problems in nthe first place.

They aren't doing it to meddle. They are doing it to pay the farmers a better price.

Market demand should dictate price, but if the did it that way it would be too logical and wouldn't fit in with thainess

Food security deserves to be treated a little differently than a mobile phone or a t shirt.

If the demand to eat more rice was there, they wouldn't need this price fixing

This is not about eating rice, they're trying to manipulate the market but cheap rice grows in all the neighbouring countries too

If they grow two much the price will go down because it's for export and other countries won't pay double or triple for price fixed rice, Thailand is probably too heavily reliant on rice anyway but it will take them a few decades to figure out how to grow something else that they can eat or sell when they're is too much rice...

They aren't trying to manipulate anything. They are trying to stop people starving. If the USA, EU and others can subsidise rice, Thailand should to to th4 best of its abilities.

Yes, Greece grows rice and they get a whopping subsidy.

Its about profits , not starving

There is already a pile of rice in govt storage for exporting...and they want to control the world market with a price fixing minimum, If it was just about eating they could give the ptp rice back to be eaten

That is essentially 3 or 4 years old and rotten.

I think other countries would not be so stupid to buy export rice from Thailand without an inspection and the pm said just yesterday that some will be sold this year and some more next year so if it's already 3-4 years old and rotten, is it going to be 4-5 years old and presumably even more rotten when they choose to sell it?

Selling it at at once will lower the price but if it's rotting then a lower price is surely better than nothing??

Something is very conflicting with the statements about this govt export rice stockpile

The Japanese ain't stupid enough to buy 5 year old rice and I doubt the other countries would either...