Thai shrimp farmers have been hit by disease in their breeding programmes and protectionism from the US in the last two years leading to lower prices.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced that shrimps are still much in-demand since shrimps netted at seas are now harder to catch and several countries including the US, the EU and China still have confidence in the quality of Thai shrimps.
However, the government will need to deal with the baht appreciation, which has led to lower revenue while also supporting research and development in shrimp farming so that Thailand can compete with other countries, help small shrimp farm owners access loans, and sign the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union as soo