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.
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Thailand ranks sixth among the world’s top rice producers. Knowledge production has made important contributions to technological innovation in the whole supply chain of the Thai rice sector. The aim of this paper is to provide insight into the broader innovation system context in the...
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The Promotion of Organic Rice Production project in Thailand was done from 2017 to 2021 by the Rice Department (RD). The objectives of the project are: 1) to promote organic rice production by the farmers’ group under “Organic Thailand” standard of the Ministry of Agriculture and...
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Sugarcane is one of the important economic crops of Thailand. It’s a raw material in the cane and sugar industry, and animal feeds and is also used as an energy crop for ethanol production. Sugarcane leaf burning was the common management for sugarcane harvesting process which...
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Diets are shaped by food systems that determine population nutrition and are associated with population health outcomes. To improve food systems for healthier diets, effective policies and actions that address key determinants of the food systems are needed. This study aimed to...
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In Upper Northern Thailand, most of native chicken farmers in rural areas are elderly. This paper provides an analysis of commercial viability of native chicken farming as an alternative for job opportunities among elder farmers in Phayao Province. Since all processes could not be...
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
An Innovation System Perspective on Strengthening Rice Sector in Thailand
The Promotion of Organic Rice Production in Thailand
Utilization of Sugarcane Trash To Improve Soil Fertility
Implementation of Government Policies and Actions to Orient Food Systems towards Healthier Diets in Thailand
Ageing Rural Population and Job Opportunities: A Case of Native Chicken Farming
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