Rice
Thailand has called for high standard rice mills in the country to ensure top quality rice according to sources. Fierce competition in the global rice market is the reason for the same. The government has been paying 10 million baths to farmers and millers every year to maintain warehouses to store government rice. Sub standard mills have been ordered to close down and the govt. has declared that it would use farmers’ cooperatives to store its rice.
Wheat
In Pakistan, in a bid to get rid of excess wheat, the federal government has awarded provincial governments the power to directly export their stock, according to an official announcement. In the past, only private parties were allowed to export wheat and now the provinces can export their surplus stock following the permission of the Economic Coordination Committee. The purpose of this move is for disposing the surplus from the provinces so that they would have a space for procuring fresh stock.