IT FOR AGRICULTURE IN THAILAND

Topics of presentation Present MOAC Data&Information services IT projects under implementation Future plan for MOAC IT development

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(Department of Agriculture) Function as a portal for agriculture information in DOA & DOAE provides information on - crops, fruits, flowers, animals, fishs & pets - organic agriculture - quality standard of agriculture products - research, news and journals - search engine & agiculture web site linkage

(Department of Agriculture) Serve information technology for development of agriculture provides information on - news, bulletin board - crops database - research - E - library - agricultural products processing

(Office of Agricultural Economics) Serve information about Agricultural Economic and Policy provides information on - agricultural product daily price list - agricultural production prediction - country agriculture status & socio- economic - fertilizer situation & other agiculture inputs - news, policy, bulletin board & two ways communication with visitor - serach & site link

(Land Development Department) Serve information of soil, spatial data & land development provides information on - Department’s projects - Land used policy & land resources - soil technology & database - Land improvement technology - Public relation & etc.

(Office of Permanent Secretary) Serve as a ministry web site provides information on - Answer to farmer question (two ways communication) - news, agricultural data - MOAC annual work plan & projects - agricultural legal & regulations - International agreement & commitment - farmer bulletin board

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Problems of present MOAC information system No MOAC IT center unit Information is broadly dispersed Information not up to date No common data standard and no standard of data collection method No transparent policy on data sharing Information are overlap among departments No MOAC computer network and information network

Objectives of Thailand E- Government policy Using IT to disseminate data & information and provide E-services Using IT to improve working efficiency of government agency

List of MOAC under implementation IT projects Improve the MOAC internet web site( portal ) for disseminate data to the public Produce nationwide coverage Aerial photographs & ortho maps Produce basic layers for GIS and GIS for high rank executive staff farmer registration

Improve the MOAC internet web site( portal ) for disseminate data to the public Set up ministerial Data management system - prepare data catalogue - data classification, data harmonization and data standardization Prepare the readiness of central office to disseminate data & information to the public - Procurement of hardware & software - Develop information dissemination system - Human resources development ( administrator & technician)

Improve the MOAC internet web site( portal ) for disseminate data to the public(continue) Prepare the readiness of Tambon Agricultural Technology Transfer Center (TTC) to access ministerial data & information and transfer data to the local farmers - Procurement of hardware & software - Develop information dissemination system - Human resources development ( users) Target groups of user - farmer, farmer groups, local population and public - Tambon, district, province, regional & central department staff

Produce nationwide coverage Aerial photographs & ortho maps Scale is 1 : 25,000 To be used as MOAC base map To be a base map for further process of GIS basic layers To initiate MOAC single standard map and spatial data

Produce basic layers for GIS and GIS for high rank executive staff Preliminary design of MOAC basic GIS layers - forest - water resources - irrigation zone - soil series & soil suitability - coral reef - ministerial assets etc.

Produce basic layers for GIS and GIS for high rank executive staff (continue) Preliminary design of GIS for high rank executive staff - Zoning information system - Early warning information system - Agricultural economics information system - Natural resources and ministerial asset information system - Land used information system - Commodities information system etc.

Farmer’s registration Establish nationwide farmer’s database Each record compose of one farmer household data Data contents - household leader data, address and no. of household members - land occupation, crops, on farm & off farm activities - income, debt, labor force - membership of farmer organization etc.

Farmer’s registration Information is broadly dispersed Information not up to date No common data standard and no standard of data collection method No transparent policy on data sharing Information are overlap among departments No MOAC computer network and information network

Future plan for MOAC IT development Agriculture and resources system information networking (ARSIN ) Establishing MOAC IT center unit

Agriculture and resources system information networking (ARSIN ) Upgrade MOAC computer network Set up MOAC computer & information network management & maintenance system Develop executive information system (MIS + DSS) Develop MOAC E-library Develop MOAC E-commerce portal site

Establishing MOAC IT center unit Take care MOAC IT O&M system Data & information service and maintenance center Prepare ministerial IT master plan Take care Data warehouse To be MOAC IT coordination unit