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Byline: Parista Yuthamanop
May 2--PATTAYA -- The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives must take a more proactive role in easing poverty in rural communities, according to Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
The state bank will be the main vehicle in overseeing a plan to distribute hundreds of thousands of cows nationwide to rural farmers, a key campaign promise by the Thai Rak Thai party in the last election.
A special purpose vehicle would be established by the bank to arrange financing and sales of the cows, Dr Somkid said. The programme is just one of a number of initiatives that the government planned to launch to help cut ...