Soaring rice prices sow hope - and trouble - for indebted Thai farmers

(VAN) After finishing her latest rice harvest, Sripai Kaeo-eam hurriedly cleared her fields&planted a new crop in late August—ignoring a Thai government advisory to restrict further sowing of the grain this year to conserve water.

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