As a short-term relief of rubber fa

As a short-term relief of rubber farmers' suffering from low rubber prices, the government yesterday decided to set up 3,000 purchasing points across the country to buy rubber from farmers.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Mr Surapol Jarupong said following his meeting with core leaders of rubber farmers of Thailand’s northern and northeastern provinces that the Rubber Authority of Thailand had agreed to buy 100,000 tons of all type of rubber products directly from 2,000 farmers in the South and 1,000 farmers in the northern and northeastern regions.