Direct sales of rice gaining traction on Internet

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Direct sales of rice gaining traction on Internet
By Pratch Rujivanarom, 
Decha Kristiyawakul 
The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- RICE farmers struggling to cope with low paddy prices are being offered help to sell their produce directly to end consumers to overcome the crisis.

 

With the price of paddy falling to as low as Bt5 per kilogram, many farmers have been plunged into deep financial trouble this harvest season. However, many people are now offering assistance as farmers in many areas try to adapt to the problem.

Kasetsart University lecturer Decharut Sukkumnoed said after a workshop on Sunday at the university’s faculty of economics that many people and organisations had volunteered to relieve farmers’ financial burdens.

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