Have the opportunity to talk to “Mr. Chai”, veterinarian Chai Watcharong, a modern agricultural scholar. as the Pheu Thai Party’s economic committee on strategic issues “Wealthy Farmers” with an agricultural structural surgery plan To increase income three times more from 140 million rai of agricultural land, creating a “GDP” of 1.4 trillion baht (GDP for the whole country 16 trillion baht) or an average income of only 10,000 baht / rai / year Considered low compared to Japan, 8.5 thousand baht per rai, Taiwan 5 thousand baht, Netherlands, a hundred thousand baht per rai.
But “Mor Chai” asked to add another rai. 2 ten thousand baht, causing the agricultural GDP to increase even more 2.8 Trillion baht, what to do to escape from being “mucked in”, the average income is just 1 ten thousand baht/farm/Year, this number, if farming, only a thousand baht per rai of profit will be left.
First, “Mor Chai” thought of the word Efficiency or “efficiency”. Currently, we have laws There are a lot of rules. but slow down the progress If it’s going to be solved individually, it takes many years. Therefore, the law must be guillotine. The next government must push.R.B.on efficiency and effectiveness in management (Law of Efficiency)
2. Produce products according to market demand. From nowadays, rice cultivation exceeds domestic consumption by more than double. Therefore, exports must be very competitive. because rice is easy to grow Planting both at risk of loss and with little profit
Therefore, the state must “Conditions incentivized” to stop farming. 50% from 60 million rai in order to switch to other plantings that are more profitable, such as planting corn instead of imports per year. 3 million tons of soybeans to replace imports per year 4.5 million tons, including potential products such as young coconuts, coconut milk, durian, and grass-fed cattle in China.–Middle East needs a year 4-5 million
3. Productivity per rai is low. The average paddy yield is 540 kg/rai, when it does not reach 1,200 kg/rai, it is necessary to sell it at a high price to help subsidize it. In conclusion, the budget must be brought to support each other every year. But there is no plan to develop and change for the better in a sustainable way.
4. Most of the farmers are over 50 years old and therefore have very little access to modern technology. Some people have knowledge but can’t do it because it’s a small farm
5. Must be a progressive agriculture use modern technology for accuracy in water-fertilization Must be made into a large plot of 1,000 rai, managed like a private company by making an example of 10 Centers for Progressive Agriculture spread across the country
6. Expand the irrigation area (currently 35 million rai, 25% of the agricultural area) faster than this. Since farmers in irrigation areas earn more than 3 times more than those outside the irrigation areas, provide people with water for farming. Better than giving money to him
7.The efficiency of the government must be KPI (success indicator) Good research should be used, while scholars must be funded to study and research on animal epidemic problems. Support startups with new technologies to have more space to play.
8. Support the establishment of fertilizer factories scattered in every district. Produce fertilizers in formulas suitable for the soil of that area to solve the problem of expensive fertilizers. reduce imports from abroad And farmers get fertilizers that are accurate to their own soil conditions.
9.taking a pledge–Price insurance. Play at the price condition alone. Without changing production efficiency and production costs at all.! The pawn scheme helped the farmers to have more money in their pockets, but the merchants–The mill doesn’t like it because they have to buy expensive rice. But price insurance discourages farmers from bargaining. because there is a government to pay the difference while merchants–The rice mill likes this project. Because I can buy cheap things, free in the central region “farming for rent” 2 in 3 of the area and pay the insurance price to the landlord or a farmer?
10. Next may not be “Pledge – income insurance”, but it will be an integrated market intervention in a short period of time instead, using very little budget. Now I have an idea, but I haven’t tapped yet. before moving on to structural changes in the agricultural sector That is, it is a really big plot, having to increase the productivity / rai to be higher. and planting crops – raising animals according to export orders
I am a descendant of farmers, but following listening to “Mor Chai”, I feel that you are the closest to the real world!!
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little tiger
