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The Nation (Thailand)

| October 16, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Nation Multimedia Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: The Nation.

Opposing views lead to confusion as clock ticks for main crop

The government's guaranteed price for rice could be revised downwards from Bt14,000 a tonne to Bt12,000, in line with the world market price.

The National Rice Policy Committee yesterday disagreed on a final subsidy price, because relevant government agencies, including the Finance, Commerce and Agriculture ministries, representatives from Government House and rice experts, have different ideas about the price-intervention programme.

Chaired by Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, the meeting was told the government wanted to finalise the rice-intervention price …

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