WATCH: Pheu Thai Party’s rice-pledging scheme won them an - TopicsExpress



          

WATCH: Pheu Thai Party’s rice-pledging scheme won them an electoral landslide in 2011, by guaranteeing farmers a fixed price of nearly US$500 per tonne of white rice - around 40% higher than the global market rate. Caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra now faces pressure from farmers who participated in the programme but have not been paid for their grains. Channel NewsAsias Pichayada Promchertchoo reports. cna.asia/1fbCF40
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:30:00 +0000

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