No better way to show our love than by NURTURING His Majesty’s philosophy

No better way to show our love than by NURTURING His Majesty’s philosophy 
By Piyaporn Wongruang

THE NATION

Accounting for almost 40 per cent (26 million) of Thailand’s population, according to the Agricultural Economics Office, farmers are |generally perceived as the backbone of country.

Given that status, the quality of life of Thai farmers is significantly linked to the country’s fortunes. 

But for decades, millions of hardscrabble Thai farmers found little relief from faulty state policies which pushed them towards mass production for export, high dependency on market prices and a resulting vulnerability to external shocks. 

It wasn’t until the 1970s that they finally saw a ray of hope.

During that period, His Majesty the King introduced the country to a new way of thinking founded on moderation, rationality and self-immunity. It has since come to be known as the philosophy of sufficiency economy.

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