Thai Shrimp Weekly: US$18-million state subsidy shores up Thai shrimp prices only slightly (week ended Jul 5, 2012)
The government has launched the multimillion-baht shrimp price "stabilization" programme to help farmers survive the current price slump. Under the programme, the government pays for the difference between the target price and the actual buying price by processors. The target price agreed to by the government allows fa ...
