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Cabinet ministers today will debate a plan to rent out more than two million rai of public land to farmers at annual rates as low as 20 baht per rai.
The Treasury Department, which oversees 12.5 million rai of public land for the government, estimates that up to four to five million rai of land is available in plots of over 1,000 rai each.
While some of the land plots are currently under the control of state agencies or the armed forces, and other locations are being used illegally by squatters, officials estimate that at least two million rai could be tapped for the land rental scheme.
The Treasury Department wants to restrict the programme to large land plots to help reduce potential infrastructure costs and increase efficiency in land development for large-scale plantations.
The programme envisions offering plots of up to 15 rai each to low-income households at leases of just 20 baht per rai per year. Leases would be set for three-year terms.
Land offered under the programme can only be used for farming purposes, ideally for planting alternative-energy crops such as sugarcane, palm or cassava to help meet rising demand for ethanol in the future.
At the same time, the programme follows an ongoing policy by the Treasury Department to increase commercial and economic benefits from public lands and reclaim unused properties allocated to state agencies for redistribution.
From 2006 to 2007, the Treasury Department negotiated the return of 266,000 rai of land from state agencies for redevelopment, and hopes to reclaim another 612,000 rai nationwide by 2011.
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Cabinet ministers today will debate a plan to rent out more than two million rai of public land to farmers at annual rates as low as 20 baht per rai.
The Treasury Department, which oversees 12.5 million rai of public land for the government, estimates that up to four to five million rai of land is available in plots of over 1,000 rai each.
While some of the land plots are currently under the control of state agencies or the armed forces, and other locations are being used illegally by squatters, officials estimate that at least two million rai could be tapped for the land rental scheme.
The Treasury Department wants to restrict the programme to large land plots to help reduce potential infrastructure costs and increase efficiency in land development for large-scale plantations.
The programme envisions offering plots of up to 15 rai each to low-income households at leases of just 20 baht per rai per year. Leases would be set for three-year terms.
Land offered under the programme can only be used for farming purposes, ideally for planting alternative-energy crops such as sugarcane, palm or cassava to help meet rising demand for ethanol in the future.
At the same time, the programme follows an ongoing policy by the Treasury Department to increase commercial and economic benefits from public lands and reclaim unused properties allocated to state agencies for redistribution.
From 2006 to 2007, the Treasury Department negotiated the return of 266,000 rai of land from state agencies for redevelopment, and hopes to reclaim another 612,000 rai nationwide by 2011.
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