BANGKOK – The Land Development Department has signed a collaboration agreement with the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) in order for it to provide information crucial to the success of the “What2grow” project for farmers.
Apichart Jongskul, director-general of the Land Development Department, revealed on Wednesday that under the collaboration, his department will provide the NSTDA with land-use maps, soil series maps, agricultural zoning maps, and digital orthophotographs.
Meanwhile, Thaweesak Koanantakool, director of the NSTDA, explained that his agency will utilize the data in the maps to carry out the “What2grow” project, which will provide farmers with data that would allow for improved efficiency in farmland utilization. He said that the project is similar to agricultural zoning in principle. However, the depth of data available will be much greater; detailed soil layer and soil quality data will also be available.
According to Mr. Thaweesak, the What2grow project will be implemented for five years.
