Farmers block road in Nakhon Sawan to demand rice payment

NAKHON SAWAN, Jan 25 – Farmers from five provinces have blocked Asian Highway at Nakhon Sawan to pressure the caretaker government to pay them for rice they sold under the rice pledging scheme.

The farmers said that during the last five months, many rice farmers in many provinces did not receive their money so they wanted the caretaker government to send representatives to negotiate with the farmers.

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