Thailand’s food and agricultural industries not only generate several billion baht a year in economic value, but also have been an important part of the Thai way of life which still focuses on agriculture. However, even though Thailand is a major exporter of agricultural and food products, the country’s competitive capability has been declining due to several factors such as the fact that raw material exports outweigh those of value-added processed products; the limited use of new technologies in plant and animal breeding; climate change and pest epidemics and stricter trade measures, etc.
The Agriculture and Food Cluster consists of 7 research programs:
-The Rice Program
-The Tapioca Program
-The Rubber Program
-The Seed Program
-The Plants for the Future Program
-The Animal Production and Animal Health Program
-The Food Innovation Program