Today (12 February 2022) Mr. Chalermchai Sri-on, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives presided over the opening of the project “Agriculture helps people reduce the cost of living” with Mr. Thongplew Kongchan, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and executives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives attended at the waterfront market activity area, Subdistrict Administrative Organization, along Khlong Bang Sue, Phahon Yothin Road, Chatuchak District, Bangkok.
The aforementioned activities will be held until February 19, 2022 from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or until supplies run out. to help people reduce the burden of expenses and alleviate the suffering from the current economic situation
by distributing pork for the people This is a good quality red pork, guaranteed by OK livestock standards at a cheaper price than the market. Only 140 baht per kilogram, which is sold at the Or Tor Kor market for 150,000 kilograms, with a limit of 5 kilograms per person to be able to be thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.
for such projects Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives by the Department of Livestock Development Marketing Organization for Farmers (Or Tor Kor.) join hands to organize by the Department of Livestock Development has coordinated with the private sector to allocate good quality red pork that has been certified Under the symbol “Livestock OK”, which guarantees that it is hygienic and is definitely safe for consumption, while the Administrative Organization has supported the pork sales area for 7 days, which will focus on measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic. of Covid-19 strictly in order to maintain the standards of the bazaar, nice to buy and to prevent the spread of the disease in the area
The Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives also said that due to the crisis of the Covid-19 epidemic Ministry of Agriculture Trying to find various measures to relieve and help people’s brothers and sisters according to the government’s policy. which allows all sectors to come down to recognize the problems and help each other to solve them
which at the beginning of the year due to the situation where the price of pigs has risen caused by many factors, the Ministry of Agriculture has integrated all sectors both cold room inspection or check all pork stock to check that the number is in fact Is there a shortage of pork in the market? Or what mechanism is the increase in pigs costing?
and during troubleshooting One thing that has been done in parallel is to alleviate the burden of expenses for the people. I sincerely hope that the project “Agriculture helps people Reduce the cost of living” will be part of helping to alleviate the burden of expenses. The cost of living for the people’s brothers and sisters from the problem of expensive products
Then the next phase will expand activities to other agricultural products for Thai people. will be able to consume high quality, safe agricultural products at reasonable and fair prices. Ready to continue to drive operations that will bring pig prices back to normal as soon as possible
