Hybrid rice imports pushed
Cross-bred strains will lift sales, productivity
The Thai Seed Trade Association (THASTA) is urging the government to relax its rules and allow the import of hybrid rice seed varieties to further develop commercial sales.
Mr Pacholk wants the government to relax its regulations on rice-seed imports for the sake of research, similar to its approval of private development of hybrid maize in 1982.
The association, which includes multinational seed firms, is confident these cross-bred strains would help increase productivity of Thailand's rice, which is low at 450 kilogrammes on average.
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