On the 20th, the Thai government passed a new subsidy policy and other measures to help the rubber farmers. In view of the sharp drop in rubber prices, Thai rubber farmers are struggling and threatening to hold protests in the near future.
2014 ᱥᱟᱞᱦᱟ ᱨᱮ, 2019 ᱥᱟᱞᱦᱟ ᱨᱮ, ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱫᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱜᱟᱱ ᱜᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱦᱤᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱮ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱤᱛ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾
2015 ᱨᱮ 1965 ᱨᱮ 2015 ᱨᱮ 25.6 ᱢᱤᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱰᱚᱞᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱷᱮᱢᱚᱛᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱮᱭᱢᱮᱱᱴ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱫᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ᱾ The measure will be implemented in January next year, including direct subsidies of $33 per land (about 0.16 hectares) to small-scale rubber farmers registered with the Thai Rubber Association, up to a maximum of $500.
2013 ᱥᱟᱞᱦᱟ ᱨᱮ, 3005DAMAMALINTINGENDINGENTINGENDINGENDINALLEDENED, https://impableme.com ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ, ᱵᱟᱝ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
However, Manat Boonphat, chairman of the Thai Small Household Glue and Rubber Farmers Association, criticized the measure as benefiting only 10% of the rubber farmers. He suggested that the government should buy rubber at a price higher than the market price.
According to reports, rubber farmers in Thailand are a very powerful force in the country. The Thai government does not want to repeat the situation of the rubber farmers protest in 2013. At that time, hundreds of rubber farmers protested across the country, blocking roads and a regional airport in the south. They are also part of a larger demonstration in Thailand. This large-scale demonstration eventually turned into ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱨᱤᱥᱟᱭᱠᱞᱤᱝ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ, ᱡᱚᱥ ᱫᱚ 125-460 ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱤᱥᱟᱭᱠᱞᱤᱝ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱫᱷᱟᱯ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾
