Farmers move to Bangkok demanding government help

[News Bandit]

PRACHUAB KHIRI KHAN, Sept 4 -- Farmers in the coastal provinces of Prachuab Khiri Khan and Chumphon southeast of the capital have moved to Bangkok to demand government intervention to support the prices they receive as their agricultural produce less income due to declining prices.

Prachuab Khiri Khan deputy governor Sommit Silprasert met rubber, palm and coconut growers who gathered at Bang Saphan Noi district to receive their petition.

The farmers called for the government to support the falling prices of their agriculture products as measures from the authorities failed to help them maintain their incomes.

The majority of famers received no benefit from the government measures, the petition said, but only a selected group of farmers received benefit from the government assistance.

Prachuab Khiri Khan farmer network leader Nanthapreecha Khamthong says his group submitted its petition to the government via the governor, but received no clear answer from the government on how to address the problem.

Consequently, he said, his group has opted to move to Bangkok to await a response from the government as the cabinet holds its weekly meeting today. (MCOT online news)

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