BANGKOK, 19 April 2014 (NNT) – The Commerce Ministry will borrow 40 billion baht more from the Central Fund in order to pay rice growers participating in the government’s rice pledging program.

According to Deputy Commerce Minister Yanyong Puangrach, the government has been asked by the Thai Farmers Association to speedily make disbursements to unpaid farmers who pledged their rice with the government. In response to the request, he said the ministry would borrow another 40 billion baht to pay thousands of rice growers.

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