webfact Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Government to announce new rice farming plan for the new seasonBANGKOK: -- The government will next week announce a comprehensive rice cultivation plan for the new season covering altogether 55.8 million rai throughout the country, said commerce permanent secretary Ms Chutima Boonyaprapat on Friday. Under the plan, the government will clearly designate which parts of the country or which districts are to be planted with rice and when the cultivation will start. For farmland which used to be cultivated with rice and are not covered by the plan this year, the government will encourage and help farmers to turn to alternative crops and will also provide vocational training to the farmers so that they will have other means to make a living.Ms Chutima clarified that the government had applied technology from the Geo-informatics and Space Technology Development Agency to designate areas for rice cultivation and an agri-map has been drawn up for a pro-active agricultural management.She said that the 55.8 million rai of designated rice farmland will be overseen by 28 teams of inspectors-general who will monitor the farmland from cultivation until rice is harvested. This means that if there is any problem at any part of the rice farmland, the inspector-general’s team will immediately investigate and report to the respective provincial governors so the problem can be fixed, she added.Ms Chutima further said that GISTDA satellite will be deployed to keep track of rice cultivation specified in the agri-map and this will provide real-time information about rice cultivation situation.To encourage farmers to group together in the form of a cooperative or farming group for easy access to financial funding, the commerce permanent secretary said that the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives has pledged toprovide each farming group with a big plot of rice farmland low interest loan of up to five million baht each.Also, farmers can be assured that their rice crops will be bought by rice millers as about 300 rice millers have agreed to join the new rice cultivation plan.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/160661 -- Thai PBS 2016-04-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdoglover Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 A comprehensive and controlling government plan for staple food production. This type of approach has generally been a disaster in many places where it has been tried. I would prefer the government focused on infrastructure to support agriculture (water supply), and basic subsidies to lessen poverty. But leave the cultivation decisions to be made on a local level, with plenty of input from the water suppliers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Don't bother. I'm sure that the farmers will not take a blind bit of notice. My Father in law has a small farm. pretty marginal land. on which he grows one crop of rice a year and some corn. This has fed his family for years. Chillies and ginger provide him with a little bit of cash. a fish pond with cash and or protein. If the "man from the ministry" turns up to tell him what to do he will just ignore him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 A comprehensive and controlling government plan for staple food production. This type of approach has generally been a disaster in many places where it has been tried. I would prefer the government focused on infrastructure to support agriculture (water supply), and basic subsidies to lessen poverty. But leave the cultivation decisions to be made on a local level, with plenty of input from the water suppliers. Hardly bears thinking about really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbrock Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Also, farmers can be assured that their rice crops will be bought by rice millers... At a pre-agreed price perchance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Hard to believe they are dedicating a satellite just to monitor this. The fact is that none of these farmers give a rats a--- about changing their crops of changing their lives and most are too old to learn new ways of doing things. Good luck with the gov plan. But I foresee it as just another waste of money that could have been used in saving eater from the monsoon season soon to be here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Many farmers will completely ignore the plan, especially the ones left out of the plan as such farmers will still want to make a living from rice farming. And I expect the plan is purely voluntary although the govt will make it sound like if you don't comply with the plan then you don't love Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 This should deflect the entertainment away from Prayut - O and the Charter ,section 44, attitude adjustment , human rights, the China connection and democracy , for awhile anyway..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partenavia Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Seems more about employing government officials who have been moved sideways, nice title though "Inspector General" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Central-planning of agriculture has after all been so very successful elsewhere, in the past, hasn't it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpedo1970 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 "Under the plan, the government will clearly designate which parts of the country or which districts are to be planted with rice and when the cultivation will start. " Very likely the farmer will not take any notice of this stupidity...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Also, farmers can be assured that their rice crops will be bought by rice millers... At a pre-agreed price perchance? At a "take it or leave it" price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 If there isn't enough rain there won't be a lot of rice farming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas32 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Good luck with this hardly any <deleted> water in the dams .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 You can try to micromanage all you want but you have two problems. 1/ What makes you think you have the right solution to the problems. 2/ What makes you think any farmer is going to listen to you. Just focus on the infrastructure that will help farmers be more productive and let them decide when and what to plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhream Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 For farmland which used to be cultivated with rice and are not covered by the plan this year, the government will encourage and help farmers to turn to alternative crops and will also provide vocational training to the farmers so that they will have other means to make a living. Legal MJ, Coca, and Opium would be a good idea. Shame they just can't let go of medieval 'Drugs m'bad m'kay' thinking and be done with it. The war is lost and the propagana of fear, loathing, and the unravelling of society has been discredited repeatedly, in the lab and in Portugal, Czech Republic, only to fall on dumb heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Don't bother. I'm sure that the farmers will not take a blind bit of notice. My Father in law has a small farm. pretty marginal land. on which he grows one crop of rice a year and some corn. This has fed his family for years. Chillies and ginger provide him with a little bit of cash. a fish pond with cash and or protein. If the "man from the ministry" turns up to tell him what to do he will just ignore him. I'm sure you;re right, that's what they usually do around here. I don't understand why this guy apparently looks for ways to be embarrassed and look all clod-ish. Mystery to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utley Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Pretty hard to grow anything without water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waza Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Ah the old carrot and stick approach. Join one of the 28 groups and you can grow rice and you will get low interest loans of 5 million each group. Just what farmers drowning in debt need. Or grow something else and remember we are watching you via satalite Edited April 23, 2016 by waza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Pretty hard to grow anything without water. DSC_0054a.jpg I see plenty of tree's though! Those could be fruitproducers or timbertree's. Hardwood is easy to grow and gets top price these days. There must be water underground there, so you need a crop with long roots like tree's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanku Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 This should deflect the entertainment away from Prayut - O and the Charter ,section 44, attitude adjustment , human rights, the China connection and democracy , for awhile anyway..................... China connection? isn't this a rather Chinese way of going about things, Grand national plans for agriculture. Top down Government. Encouraging co-operatives. All we need now is a cultural revolution and a purge or two to make the happiness complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Pretty hard to grow anything without water. DSC_0054a.jpg I see plenty of tree's though! Those could be fruitproducers or timbertree's. Hardwood is easy to grow and gets top price these days. There must be water underground there, so you need a crop with long roots like tree's. Hmm, and how do you feed and provide for your family during the umpteen odd years it takes for the trees to mature? Most small farmers here are basically subsistence farmers. Much of what they grow is used to feed their family. What they sell. after the middleman has squeezed them. provides cash for immediate needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utley Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Pretty hard to grow anything without water. DSC_0054a.jpg I see plenty of tree's though! Those could be fruitproducers or timbertree's. Hardwood is easy to grow and gets top price these days. There must be water underground there, so you need a crop with long roots like tree's. Fruit trees require plenty of irrigation (no water available remember) and hardwood trees take 10+ years to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgjackson69 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Pretty hard to grow anything without water. DSC_0054a.jpg I see plenty of tree's though! Those could be fruitproducers or timbertree's. Hardwood is easy to grow and gets top price these days. There must be water underground there, so you need a crop with long roots like tree's. Fruit trees require plenty of irrigation (no water available remember) and hardwood trees take 10+ years to grow. Even pulpwood is a five-year deal. If a person had sufficient land that one could get a pulpwood crop each year, it would take some time for that to get productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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