AreaThailand

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date02/02/2015

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction adjustment program

DescriptionAnnounced that in an effort to reduce an estimated 4.4 million tonnes of excess domestic supply, it would aim to put 290 000 hectares of paddies to cultivation of other crops in two years, including 112 000 hectares just to sugar. An additional 64 000 hectares of offseason paddies would also be cut.