Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring

• Main Author: Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Non-Traditional Security; Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88246; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41723
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thai farmers have been witnessing the rice price plunge which further hurt their income and living standards. The government’s measures to alleviate their plight have been quick fixes at best. It must come up with a longer term plan to tackle the bigger issue of economic restructuring.