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Campaign pledges 'failing indebted farmers'

Farmers spread out paddy rice seeds to dry in Phimai district of Nakhon Ratchasima. (File photo: Prasit Tangprasert)

Election policies by various parties targeting farmers are aimed at creating short-term results and do not result in lasting income security, a recent forum in Bangkok was told.

Academics and farmers attending the forum on farmers' debts agreed that none of the campaign policies offered by parties contesting the upcoming general election would benefit agricultural workers in terms of long-term financial sustainability.

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