Misleading2026-02
What is circulating
“Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun's policy pays farmers 2,000 baht per rai to grow less rice in favour of other cash crops.”
Claimed by Free YOUTH Facebook group · social media
The facts
A subsidy of 2,000 baht per rai, capped at 10 rai or 20,000 baht per household, does exist, but it was approved on 19 November 2025 by the National Rice Policy and Management Committee chaired by the prime minister, not as Suphajee's personal scheme. It targets farmers who replace a second rice crop with off-season alternatives on part of their land rather than urging them to abandon rice. Thai PBS Verify rated the post partly true but misleading.