Thailand in urgent need of agricultural reforms

Former Thai Rak Thai Party executive Sudarat Keyuraphan presents her vision on how the country should prepare itself for integration into the Asean Economic Community - in the second of a two-part interview given to The Nation.

Your work has left you with a lot of experience. What would you like to pass on to younger generation.

I do not want the country to miss opportunities or forgo its strength. We were born into an agricultural society with the majority - 40 million people - in the agricultural sector, which is a large base.