BANGKOK (Reuters): Thai government measures to support rice farmers have failed to meet expectations, with some growers in the world's second-largest rice exporting country vowing protests as they are squeezed between falling prices and rising cultivation costs.
Paddy prices have dropped by 30% year-on-year to an average of about 8,600 baht (US$256) per ton this month, the commerce ministry said, piling pressure on the Pheu Thai party-led government to placate rice farmers - a key vote bank.
