Thailand, one of the largest food exporters in the world, is revolutionizing the food processing industry with innovative technology solutions and bio-research.
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| Agriculture in Thailand |
According to a recent report, the demand for sustainable food resources has never been stronger and innovation has never been more important for the protection of our food chains.
But solutions to these global challenges are already being explored and forward-looking countries are reorganizing their agricultural industries by developing new technologies and adopting sustainable farming practices.
Thailand is setting the example by revolutionizing the future of food.
Thanks to its agricultural heritage and its strategic use of natural resources, Thailand has long played a key role as a leading exporter of food products. Now, the country hopes that its inventiveness, expertise in food manufacturing, and investment in agriculture and food technologies will strengthen its "world cuisine" status.
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| Amazing taste festival Thailand |
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| Thailand exportation |
Today, Thailand is one of the largest net food exporters in the world. It ships commodities such as rice, cassava, tuna and pineapple of high quality to key trading partners such as the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia and Canada.
Thailand has shown how fast change and adaptation can be. It was the first country in Southeast Asia to adopt agricultural biotechnology. Today, large companies are experimenting with robotics, automated sensors and drone technology to increase yields and reduce production costs.
About 40% of the population works in agriculture, wages remain competitive and farmers have always shown their willingness to experiment with new seeds, machines and methods.
Both the Thai government and the private sector understand that favorable conditions will not be enough to meet the needs of the future and the traditional means of agriculture either ...
In 2017, the Thai Investment Board (BOI) received two hundred and fifteen new applications for projects related to agriculture and agricultural products, worth more than sixty-two billion baht. This figure illustrates the importance of agriculture for the country.
Not any type of agriculture either ...
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| Organic and Fair Rice |
The Thai government believes that through smart agriculture, agriculture will outperform yield and quality. It will strengthen the whole sector by promoting collaboration between farmers, the public sector and private companies.
As the government seeks to spawn large projects led by AgriTech, Thai institutions are investing in the future of FoodTech. Currently, twenty-four universities across the country allow seven thousand students a year to earn a degree in biotechnology, which helps prepare a well-educated workforce for innovative companies in the field of food technology. and AgriTech technology in Thailand.
Thanks to precision farming, robotics and biotechnology introduced by large companies, many Thai farmers are already improving their productivity and quality in the digital age. These innovations offer hope for the future, as well as a model for Thai and foreign collaboration ...
Yes, all that is fine but ...
Not everyone will be able to get on the path of biotechnology ...
Indeed, Thailand is resolutely turning towards a clean agriculture, efficient and safe means of production.
There is a general awareness and "organic" movements are emerging all over the country.
Some villages have taken advantage of this wave to set up cooperatives using these "clean" technologies and have been able to create a natural farming system in which nothing is lost and everything is recycled to create a clean production line without dangerous products.
But that's far from the case for everyone ...
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| Small farmer in Northeastern Thailand |
In many small villages, subsistence agriculture can no longer feed the families of small farmers ...
Twenty-five, thirty years ago, farmers still used buffaloes to plow, and their excrement to fertilize the fields ... The labor was free because everyone helped each other and shared his food resources. ...
The cycles were slow but nature was full of treasures ... Small animals, fish of all kinds, frogs, snails, shells and insects proliferated in these campaigns still pure ...
Little by little, needs have killed mutual aid ... Machines have replaced draft animals ... Most of the farmers have become construction workers to earn the money that will allow them to sow and grow the farm. rice faster, with less maintenance and less manpower since everyone is now busy for their own profit, for their own survival I would say ...
To go faster we use weed killers, fertilizers that destroy the ecosystem and the natural resources of nature ...
But all these products are not free ... And this is where the misfortunes of small farmers begin ...
And here is the infernal cycle that is perpetuated without hope in my village and so many others ...
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| Small Thai farmers and deadly products ... |
- We sow the rice and let it grow ...
- Before the harvest, we borrow again because we will have to pay the harvesters and transport bags of rice fields at home or directly to the cooperatives who buy the rice ...
- The farmers are left with their rice, but empty pockets ... Most of them will sell their rice to pay their debts ... This gives rise to a situation that would be laughable if it was not tragic ...
Many small farmers do not have enough rice to eat all season and so will borrow rice from those who have enough ...
It's hardly survival ...
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