Ms. Ratchada Thanadirek, Deputy Spokesman for slotxo the Prime Minister's Office, revealed that due to the situation of the COVID-19 outbreak. From the end of 2020 affecting the Thai dairy food industry Dairy farmer Dairy product operator And more than 1.2 lakh workers in the dairy industry.Dairy sales in the market decreased by about 30%.
Farmers therefore solved the initial problem by converting raw milk into UHT milk. With approximately 200 million boxes of school milk, but they cannot be sold. Because there are farmers and entrepreneurs in the school supplementary food program (milk) already sold
Therefore, as a remedy for dairy farmers and dairy entrepreneurs, the Cabinet (Cabinet) approved the central budget. Annual fiscal year 2021 amounting to 1,477 million baht for the implementation of the project to remedy farmers, dairy farmers and dairy entrepreneurs. To revive the economy of the dairy and dairy farming sector. As a cost for purchasing UHT type school milk Allocated to 7.03 million schoolchildren, 30 additional boxes of milk were given per person.
“It will be helpful in strengthening students' strength. It helps to reduce parental expenses during the new COVID-19 epidemic and revitalizes the basic economy for continued employment. The budget is allocated to agencies responsible for purchasing schools, consisting of 1) local government organization 1,098 million baht and 2) ministry of education 326 million baht "