Strengthening the rice production in Thailand through Community Rice Centers (CRCs) using ICT policies

Abstract

The focus of this is on the strengthening of rice farmers for more efficient produce cropping, using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policies as a tool to improve knowledge and skill, which leads to the better cropping yield. Thai government is currently aware of the related issues and attempts to support ICT policies to rice production especially the field data management and the transferring of knowledge and know-how to the rice farmers. The ultimate goal is to develop of the smarter farmers to elevate the Thai farmers' potential as do developed countries. ICT policies are one of solutions to assist farmers to grain better cropping yield via the accessibility to the publicized information. The Community Rice Centers (CRCs), under the supervision of the Rice Department of Thailand, was established as direct information channels from the government to rice farmers. Next, the development of current ICT policies is proposed, in order to address these issues. The final goal is to guide the development of ICT policies in the related government entities.