Thai Examiner
Ministers accused of neglecting Thai farmers. Crucial aid support has not yet reached the cabinet table
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Fury grows over stalled ฿1,000-per-rai rice aid as Pheu Thai targets two deputy premiers. Songkram claims Finance Minister Ekniti said farmer support was ineffective because agriculture accounts for only 8% of GDP as production costs soar.
Key facts
- Fury grows over stalled ฿1,000-per-rai rice aid as Pheu Thai targets two deputy premiers
- Pheu Thai presses for ฿1,000-per-rai aid after rice production panel approves support for farmers
- A bitter row over Thailand’s struggling rice farmers has broken out after Pheu Thai accused two deputy prime ministers of stalling ฿1,000-per-rai aid
- Ekniti’s approach to farm support draws fire as Songkram points to 23 million farmers nationwide
- Bhumjaithai MPs join pressure over rice aid as 233,729 households still await previous support payments
- New rice aid proposal would double eligible land to 20 rai as Pheu Thai targets economic ministers
Summary
A bitter row over Thailand’s struggling rice farmers has broken out after Pheu Thai accused two deputy prime ministers of stalling ฿1,000-per-rai aid. Former Deputy Commerce Minister Songkram Kitlertpairoj targeted Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas. Crucially, Songkram claimed Ekniti argued that helping farmers was ineffective because agriculture generates only 8% of GDP. He countered that 23 million farmers depend on the sector.
Pheu Thai has accused two senior economic ministers of stalling ฿1,000-per-rai assistance for Thailand’s struggling rice farmers. The attack came after the agricultural side approved support for the coming production cycle. Yet the proposal has still not reached the Cabinet.