Agriculture

When it comes to Thailand, agriculture is considered to be the backbone behind most people's way of life and contributes highly to the countries economic growth. Thailand is a major exporter of agricultural products however, over the past few years they have been having several issues that are affecting their crops. Some of the problems that they have been running into is limited use of technologies in plant and animal breeding, climate change, pest epidemics and stricter trade measures. The major crop Thailand exports is rice and others are maize, sugarcane, and rubber.

                                                                         Rice field in Thailand


Rice, the nation's major crop, was grown by about three quarters of all farm households in the early 1980's. Most of the rice is grown in the North and wet rice is grown throughout the central plain and in the South of Thailand.

This map of Asia shows just how much rice cultivation there is in Thailand in comparison to other countries in Asia, and also shows what areas are affected due to flooding.   


One major thing that Thailand is doing in order to keep productivity up was by coming up with research programs that aim to increase the rice industry while also reducing environmental impacts. The rice program is aiming to develop technologies that will increase rice production efficiency, improve milling and drying efficiency, and develop production process technology.






























One major thing that Thailand is doing in order to keep productivity up was by coming up with research programs that aim to increase the rice industry while also reducing environmental impacts. The rice program is aiming to develop technologies that will increase rice production efficiency, improve milling and drying efficiency, develop production process technology, and by improving logistics efficiency.