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Thailand: Bangkok Moves to Appease the Farmers

Jun 5, 2008 | 19:22 GMT

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Summary

Thailand's government has introduced a plan to buy rice from its farmers to prevent them from resorting to major protests over low returns. The plan looks smart, but its overall success depends on global grain prices staying high

Bangkok has introduced a scheme to buy rice from farmers....

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