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Workers move baskets filled with rubber at the central rubber market in Nong Khai, Thailand, September 16, 2015. Steps announced this week by Thailand's ruling junta to help rubber producers grappling with plunging prices do not go far enough, some farmers said on January 13, 2016. The cabinet has promised to buy some rubber directly from farmers at rates above market levels and announced piecemeal measures including a plan to open up rubber processing factories. The moves came after protest threats by rubber farmers galvanized a military government that draws much of its support from Bangkok and the south, the country's main rubber-growing region. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)
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