Thailand to help farmers tap e-commerce via deal with Shopee


Workers s handle baskets of grapes at the Talat Thai wholesale market in Rangsit, Pathum Thani, Thailand, on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Thai farmers will be given training coursess on how they can sell agricultural products via online channels. - Bloomberg

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shopee on July 15 this year encouraging Thai farmers to sell products online, expecting the product sales via Shopee platform to increase by approximately 30 per cent.

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sreeon said that the Covid-19 outbreak had increased the popularity of online shopping.

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