NAKHONRATCHASIMA, 21 July 2014, – More than 300 tons of high quality rice have been handed to farmers in 20 districts of Nakhonratchasima Province, as part of the authorities’ campaign to return happiness to farmers by providing a means to boost their incomes.
A ceremony has been organized yesterday by the Rice Department and related units with more than 1,000 farmers attending the event. Aside from giving away quality rice seeds, various activities were also held. There were rice and related products on sale at the event as well.
The event was aimed at providing technological know-how to farmers to help them increase their output while lowering the expenses, encouraging farmers to produce their own high quality rice seeds, and promoting the formation of the local rice seed bank in the community.
The Department of Rice has so far implemented such an initiative in 9 provinces: Nakhonratchasima, Roi-et, Burirum, Khon Kean, Srisaket, Chaiyabhumi, Chiang Rai, Pattalung, and Songkla. Altogether, more than 450 tons of rice seeds have been handed to farmers in the 9 provinces.
