Low Crop Prices In Thailand Having A Knock-on Effect Across The Local Economy

Chavalit Ongkavanit, advisor to the Ubon Chamber of Commerce, looks at a map displaying the "Economic Circle in Indochina" project during an interview at his office in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Over the past decade, Thailand's generals repeatedly struggled to convince voters in the poorer and more populous northeast region to abandon support for allies of Yingluck and her brother Thaksin Shinawatra. Rice prices are a big reason for that. When prices fall it affects the wider economy, depressing purchases of everything from property to motorcycles to consumer goods. Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images