BANGKOK, Jan 29 — Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told a meeting of senior officials this morning at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives that he is seriously trying to resolve farmers' problems.
Gen Prayut said that he was not ignoring their problems and is concerned that the problems had not been solved even though he had laid down revised policies.
The agriculture ministry is considering solutions to the low prices of rubber, tapioca, sugarcane, corn and rice. Rubber growers threatened to hold a major rally tomorrow to pressure the government for higher rubber prices.
The officials also considered marketing plans for farm products and land allocation for the poor.
Today the Ministry of Commerce held its first auction of government rice this year.
It involved the biggest rice amount in one auction and was the first auction for rice from the government's warehouses.
The event attracted 100 bidders and involved 990,000 tons of rice worth at least Bt11.6 billion. (MCOT online news)
