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Thailand is facing a severe labour shortage that is disrupting its agricultural sector, particularly during the harvest season when fruits are rotting on trees due to a lack of workers. A farmer in the region stated, "We have to choose which fruit to harvest and leave the lower-priced fruit to rot on the trees." The cost of hiring farm labor has surged significantly, with daily wages increasing from around 350 baht (US$10) to as high as 800-1,000 baht (US$24), making it economically unviable for farmers to harvest certain crops. This crisis is impacting the economic sustainability of many farms and threatening food production levels in Thailand.

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Thailand’s deepening labour shortage roils harvest as unpicked fruits rot ‘We have to choose which fruit to harvest and leave the lower-priced fruit to rot on the trees,’ a farmer says Daily wages have more than doubled in some cases, from about 350 baht to 400 baht (US$10 to US$12) to as much as 800 baht to 1,000 baht, he said, making some lower-value crops too costly to harvest.

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Thailand’s deepening labour shortage roils harvest as unpicked fruits rot ‘We have to choose which fruit to harvest and leave the lower-priced fruit to rot on the trees,’ a farmer says Daily wages have more than doubled in some cases, from about 350 baht to 400 baht (US$10 to US$12) to as much as 800 baht to 1,000 baht, he said, making some lower-value crops too costly to harvest. asserted

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