His Majesty the King has continuously visited throughtout the country with an aim to learn first-hand about their needs. As a result of these tiring but fruitful.The King has learned of major problems faced by Thai farmers. There are many problems to solve,such as a lake of water resources resulting from deforestation, loss of fertile soil, inappropriate crop selection and planning, livestock raising, fishery, underpricing of agricultural products, a lack of cooperation among farmers to gain bargaining power as well as a lack of promotion for higher valued agro-industries.