Populism and agricultural trade in developing countries: a case study of Thailand’s rice-pledging scheme

Laiprakobsup, Thanapan

doi:10.1080/12294659.2014.967000

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“…The inequality of government assistance also occurs within the agricultural sector, and government assistance programs are sometimes unequally allocated to farmers even if they are in the same sector. Explaining the inequality of the government assistance regarding the rice pledging scheme in Thailand, Benchakhan, Chinatthaporn, and Laiprakobsup () found that the poor rice farmers were not able to access the program due to a lack of money needed to deliver their paddy rice to sell to the government. In other words, the inequality of the farmers’ access to the rice pledging scheme is derived from the economic conditions of each farmer.…”

Section: Literature On Inequality In Agricultural Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The agricultural assistance policy tools in Thailand from 1980 to the present can generally be categorized into two levels (Laiprakobsup, ) . First, the Thai government helps the farmers at the production level.…”

Section: From the Rice Pledging Scheme To The 1000 Baht Program: Thementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, the Thai government helps the farmers at the domestic price level (Laiprakobsup, ). The policy is aimed at raising commodity prices near the world market prices.…”

Section: From the Rice Pledging Scheme To The 1000 Baht Program: Thementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The scheme has plagued Thailand's rice export and contributed to the reduction of Thailand's rice export quantity. Laiprakobsup () found that the rice pledging scheme resulted in more than a 50,000‐ton decrease in Thailand's rice export. This is because the price of Thai rice was much higher than the price of its competitors in the world market.…”

Section: From the Rice Pledging Scheme To The 1000 Baht Program: Thementioning

confidence: 99%

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Inequality in Rice Farmers’ Access to a Government Assistance Program in Rural Thailand

Laiprakobsup¹

2017

Asian Politics and Policy

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The government of Thailand attempts to alleviate rice farmers’ poverty through several public programs. One of the government's assistance programs is support for rice production. The “1,000 baht per rai program” aims to redistribute public money to help poor rice farmers reduce their production and cultivation costs. In implementation, however, this program suffers from inequality in granting access to the government's assistance program. This paper aims to explain the pattern of inequality in this government assistance program for rice farmers in rural Thailand. Conducting field research in the northern, southern, and central regions, the study found that rich rice farmers and landlords had more opportunity to access the government's assistance program than poor rice farmers and tenants. This has contributed to the state of inequality among rice farmers. The government should revise how the program is implemented and should limit this inequality among the beneficiaries.

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Section: Literature On Inequality In Agricultural Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: From the Rice Pledging Scheme To The 1000 Baht Program: Thementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, the Thai government helps the farmers at the domestic price level (Laiprakobsup, ). The policy is aimed at raising commodity prices near the world market prices.…”

Section: From the Rice Pledging Scheme To The 1000 Baht Program: Thementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: From the Rice Pledging Scheme To The 1000 Baht Program: Thementioning

confidence: 99%

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Inequality in Rice Farmers’ Access to a Government Assistance Program in Rural Thailand

Laiprakobsup¹

2017

Asian Politics and Policy

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“…Laiprakobsup [11] suggested that the Thai government should not intervene the agricultural market via pledging policy (which was implemented as a type of populist policy) but should promote a market oriented policy instead. Poramacom et al [15] stated that Thai cassava farmers preferred the price guarantee policy over the pledging program.…”

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An Association between Pledging Policies and the Financial Performance of Cassava Product Manufacturers

Vongsomtakul

Buddhakulsomsiri

Parthanadee

2018

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This paper involves a study to investigate the association between pledging policies by the government and financial performance of cassava product manufacturers in Thailand. A polynomial regression model is constructed to describe a key financial performance measure using a set of control variables and pledging policy variables. The control variables are obtained from financial statements of 58 starch manufacturers and 8 ethanol manufacturers that solely use fresh cassava roots as raw material during 2009-2014. Result from the model suggests an appropriate agricultural policy for the cassava product industry in Thailand. Keywords : Cassava; Control Variables; Financial Performance; Pledging Policies, Polynomial Regression

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Two decades of rice research in Indonesia and the Philippines: A systematic review and research agenda for the social sciences

Cuaton

Delina

2022

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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While rice studies are abundant, they usually focus on macro-level rice production and yield data, genetic diversity, cultivar varieties, and agrotechnological innovations. Moreover, many of these studies are either region-wide or concentrated on countries in the Global North. Collecting, synthesizing, and analyzing the different themes and topic areas in rice research since the beginning of the 21st century, especially in the Global South, remain unaddressed areas. This study contributes to filling these research lacunae by systematically reviewing 2243 rice-related articles cumulatively written by more than 6000 authors and published in over 900 scientific journals. Using the PRISMA 2020 guidelines, this study screened and retrieved articles published from 2001 to 2021 on the various topics and questions surrounding rice research in Indonesia and the Philippines—two rice-producing and -consuming, as well as emerging economies in Southeast Asia. Using a combination of bibliometrics and quantitative content analysis, this paper discusses the productive, relevant, and influential rice scholars; key institutions, including affiliations, countries, and funders; important articles and journals; and knowledge hotspots in these two countries. It also discusses the contributions of the social sciences, highlights key gaps, and provides a research agenda across six interdisciplinary areas for future studies. This paper mainly argues that an interdisciplinary and comparative inquiry of potentially novel topic areas and research questions could deepen and widen scholarly interests beyond conventional natural science-informed rice research in Indonesia and the Philippines. Finally, this paper serves other researchers in their review of other crops in broader global agriculture.

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Populism and agricultural trade in developing countries: a case study of Thailand’s rice-pledging scheme

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Inequality in Rice Farmers’ Access to a Government Assistance Program in Rural Thailand

Inequality in Rice Farmers’ Access to a Government Assistance Program in Rural Thailand

An Association between Pledging Policies and the Financial Performance of Cassava Product Manufacturers

Two decades of rice research in Indonesia and the Philippines: A systematic review and research agenda for the social sciences

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