ORGANIC FARMING leaders and experts in Nakhon Pathom province, where the government’s grand Thai Niyom scheme kicked off yesterday, remain sceptical despite Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his government showing they were serious about its implementation.

The rice saplings that were thrown to mark an auspicious start to the government’s Thai Niyom scheme – which aims to diagnose people’s problems at a local level – were supposed to land in a rice field.