A farmer harvests rice in a paddy field in Pathum Thani province. (Photo: Pongpat Wongyala)
The government’s marketing-led production strategy calls for rice output of 29.3 million tonnes of paddy for the 2023/24 season.
According to government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri, the first meeting of the National Rice Policy and Management Committee in 2023 chaired by the prime minister on Monday acknowledged a rice production plan for the 2023/24 season that is a 6% increase from 27.6 million tonnes the previous season.
Of the total production, some 15.6 million tonnes of paddy are estimated to be for domestic consumption, or 10.1 million tonnes of milled rice, with 5.72 million tonnes for general consumption and 4.40 million tonnes…
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