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11. opinion | 23 May 2013
Day of reckoning nears for flawed rice scheme
By Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Newspaper section: News
» It seems like the line drawn in the sand is fading with each day. Policymakers had previously insisted that the 500-billion-baht allocation to the rice pledging scheme was enough to ensure financial self-sufficiency for ...
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12. business | 23 May 2013
Source: Rice scheme losses look set to soar to B200bn
AGRICULTURE
By Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Newspaper section: Business
» Losses from the government's rice pledging scheme for the 2011-12 harvest year are estimated to reach 200 billion baht, far above the Finance Ministry's earlier forecast of 70-100 billion baht, says a source.
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13. learning | 18 Feb 2013
Rice exports: Govt likely to lose money
About agriculture
» Lots of rice on world markets so low rice prices but Thai rice is expensive, so who is going to buy Thai rice?
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14. learning | 26 Sep 2011
Too much rice in Thailand
About agriculture
» Real problem is overproduction & excess of rice pushing prices down. Labour wasted, used only sporadically in peak months. Poor farmers produce only 15 tonnes of rice per harvest, but are 82% of all rice-farming househol...
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15. learning | 17 Jan 2012
World rice supply soars, prices to fall?
About agriculture
» Increased rice production by India & rice importing countries pose danger for Thai world rice market leadership.
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16. business | 16 May 2013
Rice broker fee snag sinks shippers' hearts
AGRIBUSINESS
By Phusadee Arunmas, Newspaper section: Business
» Thai rice prospects are going from bad to worse, as shipments now face a new logistics challenge on top of the strong baht and high rice prices.According to a source from the rice trading industry, seven or eight Thai ri...
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17. business | 16 May 2013
BAAC probes possible pledging fraud
By Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Newspaper section: Business
» The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) is launching an investigation into about 100,000 tonnes of unmilled rice suspected of being fraudulently pledged based on statistics.
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18. learning | 16 Sep 2011
Thai-Vietnam rice summit
About agriculture
» Thai rice prices set to rise from $550 to $800 a tonne. Vietnam's exports skyrocketing. India's rice $150 cheaper after lifting rice export ban.
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19. learning | 15 Jan 2013
Rice research: Thai rice comes out on top
About agriculture
» Thai jasmine rice has lowest amount of poisonous arsenic of any rice in the world, University of California research finds.
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20. opinion | 01 Apr 2013
Only half-truths about infrastructure megaprojects
» The government appears to be treating the infrastructure development megaprojects like the rice pledging scheme - withholding key information which is supposed to be disclosed publicly and releasing details only when pre...
