More than 1,000 farmers converge near Government House on March 21, 2021 to demand the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives reduce interest rates to ease debt repayments. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
Rice farmer Jamras Kongchai is struggling to pay off 500,000 baht in debt as money from the sale of her crops is not enough to make payments.
Adding to the strain, the coronavirus outbreak has shut a small construction firm where she worked for $10 a day for much needed extra income.
“I’m so heavily indebted and don’t know what to do,” said the 51-year-old, single mother of two, who travelled from the northern province of Kamphaeng Phet to join a demonstration of indebted rice growers in Bangkok late last month, asking the government to help reduce their debt burden.
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