Chiang Mai's cabbage growers appeal for government assistance - Thai PBS World

Growers of Chinese cabbage successful Chiang Mai Province are seeking assistance from the authorities aft the ex-farm prices of their nutrient plunged to lone 2 baht per kilogram, portion their costs are estimated astatine 4-5 baht/kg.

One of the growers, Suchon Natehathai of Mae Taeng District, told Thai PBS reporters that helium had invested much than 40,000 baht to turn Chinese cabbage connected his land, hoping to marque immoderate nett to enactment his family.

He said, however, that middlemen offered him lone 2 baht per kilogramme and helium had small prime but to merchantability to them astatine that price, different the cabbage would rot.

Another grower said helium harvested his harvest and drove to municipality to merchantability to vendors successful the marketplace astatine 5-6 baht/kg. After deductions for substance and labour costs, however, helium said that helium hardly made immoderate profit, but that it was inactive amended than letting the vegetables rot successful the field.

Somkid Laohang, caput of Kuet Chang sub-district, said that the dumping of vegetables from China, which get successful the north-eastern state of Nong Khai connected the Laos-China high-speed train, whitethorn person forced prices of Thai vegetables to drop, arsenic respective Thai venders person turned to the cheaper Chinese produce.

Some rootlike farmers person adapted by opening location stays, to cater to tourists, to offset their declining revenues from workplace produce, said Somkid adding, however, that the highland villages bash not person capable water, particularly during the adust season.