While Phetchabun’s deputy governor is opposing the expansion of contract potato farming at Phu Thap Boek mountain, local Hmong people say they prefer the crop to the ubiquitous cabbages that most farmers While Phetchabun’s deputy governor is opposing the expansion of contract potato farming at Phu Thap Boek mountain, local Hmong people say they prefer the crop to the ubiquitous cabbages that most farmers in the area grow
Jai Sae Thao, a village chief in tambon Wang Badan of Lom Kao district, is a potato grower.
He said Hmong farmers had received support from a private company to grow potatoes for over a decade, with the planted area varying from 400 to 1,000 rai each year. Now the company wants to expand the company wants to expand the area.