Politics in the Process of Formulating the Rubber Farmer Income Insurance Policy from 2019 to 2023
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This research article aims to study the process of formulating the rubber farmer income insurance policy from 2019 to 2023. The study was conducted from documents and interviews with persons involved with the rubber farmer income insurance policy.
Findings are as follows: The process of formulating the rubber farmer income insurance policy from 2019 to 2023 was the following. (1) Problem identification: The problems arose from the suffering of the rubber farmers from a long and continuous decline of rubber prices. The policy was supported by political parties through the election campaigns and the casting of votes for the party that could solve the problems. (2) Agenda setting: After the election, there was the negotiation for joining the government using the policies of each party in the election campaigns as the condition for joining the government. Such problems had to be organized as both major policies and emergency policies to speedily solve the problems for farmers and to be more explicit. (3) Policy formulation: The policy became more explicit through meetings between the Committee on Natural Rubber Policy (CNRP) consisting of government officials and political officials trying to find a policy summary. (4) Policy approval: The Cabinet approved the policy in four phases throughout the government’s term i.e. the first phase (2019-2020); the second phase (2020-2021); the third phase (2021-2023); and the fourth phase (2023). (5) Policy implementation: The Rubber Authority of Thailand implemented the policy smoothly and completely in all four phases.
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