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Agriculture in Thailand is highly competitive, diversified and specialized and its exports are very successful internationally. Rice is the country's most important crop, with some 60 percent of Thailand's 13 million farmers growing it [1] on almost half of Thailand's cultivated land. [2] Thailand is a major exporter in the world rice market.
Rice production in Thailand represents a significant portion of the Thai economy and labor force. [1] In 2017, the value of all Thai rice traded was 174.5 billion baht, about 12.9% of all farm production. [2] Of the 40% of Thais who work in agriculture, 16 million of them are rice farmers by one estimate. [3] [4]
The ministry is responsible for the administration of agricultural policies, forestry, water resources, irrigation, promotion and development of farmers and cooperative systems, including agricultural manufacturing and products. As Thailand is an agricultural country with a strong agrarian tradition, the ministry is one of the most important ...
A China-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) began in October 2003. This agreement was limited to agricultural products, with a more comprehensive FTA planned to be signed by 2010. Thailand also has a limited free-trade agreement with India (since 2003) and a comprehensive Australia-Thailand Free Trade Agreement, which began on 1 January 2005.
The following list, derived from the statistics of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), lists the most valuable agricultural products produced by the countries of the world. [1] The data in this article, unless otherwise noted, was reported for 2016.
Along with climate and corresponding types of vegetation, the economy of a nation also influences the level of agricultural production. Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products ...
Dairy products companies of Thailand (4 P) F. Forestry in Thailand (5 P) M. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand) (1 C, 3 P) O. ... Agriculture in ...
The Dairy Farming Promotion Organization of Thailand (DPO) is a Thai state enterprise under the oversight of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. [1] It is best known as the manufacturer of the Thai-Denmark (previously known as Thai-Danish [2]) brand of dairy products. [3] [4]