THAI gives rice farmers new direct-sale mechanism
By Petchanet Pratruangkrai 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai Airways international Plc (THAI) has joined forces with the Commerce Ministry to help farmers struggling from low rice prices by introducing a range of initiative such as farmers selling directly to the carrier’s cooperatives, retail shops and markets.

The national carrier will also create a new menu to introduce specialty rice grains to increase consumption of Thai rice, while providing free areas for farmers at its cooperatives to sell their products as well as allowing the sale of packed rice at its shops at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports.

 

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One would hope the rice in the inflight meals will improve with all this enthusiasm.

We buy sacks of rice each year, direct from farmers in our area.  Never seen the wife buy rice at Tesco/Makro, etc., although infrequently, she gets small quantities that's purple or red in color. 

3 hours ago, 55Jay said:

We buy sacks of rice each year, direct from farmers in our area.  Never seen the wife buy rice at Tesco/Makro, etc., although infrequently, she gets small quantities that's purple or red in color. 

You can also buy the purple rice; directly from the farmers to save money.

rice wine, anyone ?

Just today harvested  an as yet unknown tonna

ge of  Hom  Mali. Will not be selling  but using  most of what has been a  bumper crop.

Local buyer/agents  offer between  6 > 7  bht/kilo  despite  "official" price  double that.

A  direct sale mechanism  may help but of course  it  is a  buyers  market depite "mechanisms.

Our  mechanism  is to  use the  bulk in our  restaurant.  Sticky  sod to the  middle  men ! :)

Sad that  so many are/have already accepted bogus prices because of the urgency of  debt.

Perhaps a mechanism the  government  could consider is an agency that audits/ checks the buyer strangehold on growers  who have little option.

10 hours ago, BSJ said:

One would hope the rice in the inflight meals will improve with all this enthusiasm.

the weevils will certainly add to the protein content...

This is getting more ridiculous by the day. The rice industry in Thailand is stuffed.

When will someone admit it rather than play these silly political games.

So thousands of tonnes of rice are going to be sold out of Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports and the problem will be solved and the rice farmers will be laughing all the way to the bank.

Yo ho ho!.... and life goes on in Thailand