BANGKOK, July 1 (TNA) - The National Rice Policy Committee (NRPC) has resolved that the government's pledge price for Thai rice be raised to 15,000 baht per tonne again, showing a bow to local farm

BANGKOK, June 27 (TNA) - Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) will assist Thai farmers affected by the government's rice pledging scheme by cutting interest rates of their old

BANGKOK, June 25 (TNA) - Representatives of three rice farmers’ associations and rice farmers from 15 Thai provinces rallied at Bangkok's Government House on Tuesday morning to express their opposi

BANGKOK, June 24 (TNA) - Officials of the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives' Rice Department will train local rice farmers to use appropriate technologies to cut their production costs

BANGKOK, June 24 (TNA) - Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office Varathep Rattanakorn has confirmed that the Thai government is listening to local farmers’ requests for protection from imp

BANGKOK, June 22 (NTA) - More than half of Thai people surveyed have opposed the government’s recent decision on cutting the ceiling of rice pledge price, from 15,000 baht per tonne to 12,000 baht

BANGKOK, June 22 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says that her government will consider raising rice prices under its rice pledging scheme during the 2013/2014 harvest season if wor

BANGKOK, June 20 (TNA) - Rice farmers are calling on the Thai government to review its decision on cutting the paddy pledge price offered to peasants nationwide.

BANGKOK, June 19 (TNA) - The Thai Cabinet has resolved that the paddy pledge price offered to local farmers be reduced to 12,000 baht per tonne, from 15,000 baht per tonne, effective from June 30,

BANGKOK, June 8 (TNA) - Thai farmers have urged the government to expedite on paying them money under the rice-pledging scheme, as it has, so far, taken 2-3 months before they can obtain money.