Orachos Napasintuwong received her Ph.D. in Food and Resource Economics from University of Florida in 2004. She is currently Associate Professor at Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Her teaching and research areas are economics of agricultural biotechnology, economics of agricultural innovation, and production economics.
Her expertise includes rice economy in Thailand and Southeast Asia, seed industry analysis and agricultural technology policy.
She serves as an editor for Applied Economics Journal and Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development and a board member of Agricultural Economic Society of Thailand under Royal Patronage and Executive Committee Member Asia Pacific Agricultural Policy Forum.
ABSTRACT
Technology creation is a key element determining a country’s position in the competitive global arena. In Thailand, the intellectual property protection has been viewed as a tool for developed countries to gain business advantage over less developed countries. However, legislation...
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The Smart Farmer Development project was introduced to 12.6 million farmers in 2013. It is one of the development projects under the Ministry of Agricultural and Cooperatives’ (MOAC) policies. The main objective of that development project is to improve the livelihood of the...
INTRODUCTION
With the increased demand for meat of bovine animals (beef and buffalo meat), Vietnamese producers need to be more strategic in their plans in order to be proficient to supply local demand. They also need to compete with foreign imports. Quantity of bovine meat per capita in...
INTRODUCTION
Today, the threats and challenges of the environment operating on food production are not limited to each country or region but most often than not, manifest on a global scale. One of the major challenges of our times is climate change—the continuing increase
An ADB Report in...
Introduction
Although rice covered 48.70% of the total cultivable land (FAOa, 2011) in the country, the yield was low compared with other countries which occupied a small arable land for rice due to natural disasters. Furthermore, the agriculture sector only contributes 8.6% to the GDP while...
Orachos Napasintuwong
Orachos Napasintuwong received her Ph.D. in Food and Resource Economics from University of Florida in 2004. She is currently Associate Professor at Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Her teaching and research areas are economics of agricultural biotechnology, economics of agricultural innovation, and production economics.
Her expertise includes rice economy in Thailand and Southeast Asia, seed industry analysis and agricultural technology policy.
She serves as an editor for Applied Economics Journal and Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development and a board member of Agricultural Economic Society of Thailand under Royal Patronage and Executive Committee Member Asia Pacific Agricultural Policy Forum.
Affiliation
Deputy department head of international affairs and the chair of agricultural and resource economics international programs at Kasetsart UniversityJob Title
Associate ProfessorE-mail
orachos.n@ku.ac.thLatest Submission from Thailand
Agricultural Intellectual Property Protection in Thailand
Smart Farmer Development Project in Thailand
Production of Bovine Meat in Vietnam – Opportunities for Exporting Thai Livestock
Climate Change and Effect on Rice Production in Thailand
Crop Insurance in Thailand
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