Strategy for agricultural development in Thailand and its manpower requirements

One of these opportunities is to achieve an increase in agricultural output (measured in constant bahts) of 50 percent of more. The second major opportunity is to achieve these large increases in output while increasing labor force employment in agriculture, and income per family from agriculture. The author discusses several priority elements in the program to increase agricultural output, employment and income per capita. First, he lists the priority items and then discusses them in considerable detail. These priority items are: (1) To achieve really effective agricultural research and extension programs as quickly as possible; (2) to meet other infrastructural needs than the need for relevant research findings, information dissemination, and trained agricultural manpower; (3) to realize the irrigation potential that exists in Thailand; (4) to bring about structural changes in the agricultural institutions of Thailand; and (5) to place land development in Thailand on a rational, scientific basis and make land development play an important role in the development of Thai Agriculture.