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Thailand's Rice Mortgage Program

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Sep 28, 2011
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The Thai parliament recently approved a paddy pledging program that will increase the minimum guaranteed price for farmers by more than 60 percent. Since Thailand is the largest rice exporter in the world, accounting for one-third of total global rice trade, one would have expected some serious turmoil in the global market at least in the short term as …

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