webfact Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Bt3bn scheme proposed for suffering longan farmers By THE NATION A Bt3-billion scheme to subsidise longan farmers suffering Covid-19 impacts will be proposed to the Cabinet next week, Alongkorn Ponlaboot, adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, said today. Alongkorn announced the move after presiding over a Fruit Board meeting on measures to assist the farmers. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) will propose a subsidy of Bt2,000 per rai on up to 25 rai per longan farmer. The scheme will subside Thailand’s 196,000 longan farming households, who cultivate a total area of 871,716 rai. Almost two-thirds (121,475 households) have plots of less than 5 rai, while only 3 per cent (7,367 households) have plots over 25 rai. The price of longan has dropped after a second wave of Covid-19 hit China. Volume of purchases by dried-longan factories is down, while exporters are suffering lower demand from China. Chalermchai Srion, minister of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, has responded by ordering the Fruit Board to release 30 per cent of longan crops onto the market via Commerce Ministry, Thai Post, and e-commerce channels. The DAE is also running a programme that matches longan farmers with domestic purchasers. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30392924 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-08-14 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: A Bt3-billion scheme to subsidise longan farmers Smells like a winner! Oink Oink! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 5 hours ago, webfact said: A Bt3-billion scheme to subsidise longan farmers suffering Covid-19 impacts will be proposed to the Cabinet next week, Alongkorn Ponlaboot, adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, said today. Just add it to long ever increasing list of subsidies that farmers are asking for... soon they will stay home and not have to grow anything.. just get hand-outs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy John Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Lucky them! The lousy government did bugga all for mango farmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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