14 September 2023 at 06:49 PUBLISHED
In order to improve the lives of 36 million farmers across the country, Captain Thamanat Prompow has vowed to advance the royal projects started by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great and to use the later king’s recommendations.
At his first meet with senior agriculture ministry directors on Wednesday and Monday, Captain Thamanat made this commitment. Additionally, he revealed a dozen fresh concepts on how to assist producers with their issues.
He declared,” I value all aristocratic initiatives started by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great because they have shown to be successful in resolving women’s issues.”
He claimed that the government could profit from a number of effective spectacularly initiated projects, including the expansion of numerous dams across the nation to assist farmers during the dry season.
Farmers may have access to sufficient water for cultivation, particularly in the Central Plains, which is currently at risk of liquid shortages as a result of the longer drought season, where rice plantations are located along the Chao Phraya River valley.
Captain Thamanat added that he worries about how culture change will affect Thailand.
According to him, the government will translate the commission’s worries about climate change into distinct actions to reduce harm to farmers, who are regarded as a vulnerable group and are among those most impacted by global warming.
According to Capt. Thamanat, the government might offer crop comprehensive by collaborating with privately held insurance companies.
He claimed that in order to make up for farmers’ produce losses brought on by natural disasters like droughts and floods, the government loses more than 100 billion ringgit annually.
A expenditure of about 30 billion ringgit would be used to pay for the proposed produce plan.
Capt. Thamanat did not go into more detail.
In the meantime, he declared that the Sa Kaeo Animal Nutrition Research and Development Center’s Department of Livestock Development ( DLD ) has been given the go-ahead to bury the carcasses of 4,300 tonnes of smuggled pork in a landfill.
The Department of Special Investigation ( DSI ) seized the illegal pork in June.
The meat was stored in 161 pots and had a market value of more than 500 million baht.
He claimed that the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry has totally endorsed the prevention and suppression of unlawful agricultural products imports, particularly smuggled pork.
The objective is to prevent bird diseases, market manipulation, and buyer protection.