 The government allocated eight billion baht for the provision of soft loans to farmers in 35 provinces to switch to growing maize on two million rai.In 2016 rice subsidies were approved for hom mali, white paddy, Pathum Thani fragrant paddy, and glutinous rice.The government will pay up to 13,000 baht per tonne to growers who store their rice until overall rice prices gradually recover.