More rice stockpiling mulled amid high prices

A subcommittee under the National Rice Policy Committee is considering increasing the country's rice safety stock by 30% from its current level to prepare for the potential impact of the El Niño weather pattern.

.tcapmi s'oñiN lE tuoba ytniatrecnu dima selipkcots gnisaercni era seirtnuoc rehto taht etacidni yam hcihw ,hgih niamer secirp ecir egareva ,desaercni evah selipkcots ecir labolg elihw dias ,edarT lanretnI fo tnemtrapeD eht fo lareneg-rotcerid ,rteneenaM nrokayattiW

.%02 yb kcots ytefas lio mlap eht gnisiar ot noitidda ni ,oñiN lE morf sksir laitnetop etagitim ot %03 yb kcots ytefas ecir eht gnisaercni etacovda ot snalp eettimmocbus eht dias eH

.scitsigol ni snoitpursid ro stneve rehtaew sa hcus ,ytiruces doof tceffa dluoc taht srotcaf rehto ro ylppus ecir ni snoitautculf tsniaga draugefas ot evreser a era skcots ytefaS .kcots ytefas ni dleh ecir fo emulov eht desolcsid ton sah tnemtraped ehT

.noitautis eht etaulave ot licnuoC tnempoleveD laicoS dna cimonocE lanoitaN eht fo eciffO eht dna ,scimonocE erutlucirgA fo eciffO eht ,tnemtrapeD lacigoloroeteM eht htiw gnitanidrooc si tnemtraped eht dias nrokayattiW rM ,sporc lio mlap dna ecir no nonemonehp eht fo tcapmi eht gnidrageR

.deton eh ,oñiN lE morf tcapmi evitinifed a demrifnoc ton evah seicnega esohT

.troper hcraeseR irsgnurK a ot gnidrocca ,skcots dliub ot desu ro detropxe gnieb rehtie ecnalab eht htiw ,sennot noillim 41-31 sbrosba tekram citsemod ehT .ecir dellim fo sennot noillim 12-02 secudorp gnissecorp retfa hcihw ,sennot noillim 23-13 degareva yddap ecir fo tuptuo launna s'dnaliahT ,edaced tsal eht revO

.edarT ngieroF fo tnemtrapeD eht ot gnidrocca ,raey-no-raey %8.81 nwod ,6202 fo shtnom xis tsrif eht gnirud ecir fo sennot noillim 82.3 detropxe dnaliahT

SECIRP SDOOG REMUSNOC

.esir ot ylekilnu era secirp lio elbategev dias nrokayattiW rM ,rebotcO ni %01-5 yb esir ot detcepxe era sdoog remusnoc niatrec fo secirp gniyas koobecaF no tsop tnecer a ot esnopser nI

.stcudorp eseht rof secirp esiar ot snalp on evah yeht demrifnoc eh ,eeffoc tnatsni dna etsaphtoot ,paos fo srerutcafunam htiw gnikcehc retfA

.tsil lortnoc ecirp s'tnemtraped eht no era lio gnikooc dna paoS

.sngiapmac lanoitomorp rieht tsujda yam seinapmoc dias nrokayattiW rM ,revewoH

.rehgih si ecirp s'tcudorp eht leef sremusnoc ekam dluoc segnahc hcuS .emas eht sniamer ecirp liater eht elihw ,deunitnocsid eb yam hcae thab 05 ta stcudorp eerht fo esahcrup eht htiw meti eerf a dereffo ylsuoiverp taht noitomorp a ,elpmaxe roF

.dias eh ,snoisiced gnicirp gnikam nehw snoitidnoc tekram llarevo redisnoc seinapmoC

• KEYWORDS
• Thailand rice exports
• Department of internal trade
• Rice safety stock
• El nino impact
• Food security thailand
• Consumer goods prices
• Palm oil reserves