Rice farming in the paddy

field of Thailand
BY Ammar
 • The major crop grown and the world’s biggest rice exporter

• It is the first crops to be harvested through

agriculture.
Thailand major
• Agricultural development and the growth of
crop grown : civilizations led to the diversity of other types of
crops.

• Rice is grown in all provinces of the country (more

than 58 provinces).

• More than 50 percent of the total rice areas are in

the northeast, but the Central Plains is known as
the "rice bowl" of Thailand.
 • Thailand can harvest three rice crops a
year, but due to water shortages the
government is urging a move to less
water-dependent crops or forgoing
The condition one crop.
necessary for
growing rice in• The rice crop needs a hot and humid
climate.
Thailand:
• It is best suited to Thailand which have
high humidity, prolonged sunshine and an
assured supply of water.
 • It is one of the main foods and
sources of nutrition for most Thai
citizens: yearly per capita
consumption in 2013 was 114.57 kg.
The
advantages of • Rice is also important to Thai
culture due to its nutritional and life-
growing rice: giving benefits.
 • Theres a deceleration in the growth of
rice yields, soil depletion, growing water
use, increasing water and air pollution as
The well as climate change are some of the
biggest areas of concern.
disadvantag
es of • Besides  bacteria in the soggy soil
growing rice produce methane in startling quantities
(equal to the amount emitted from
: landfills).
 • Low productivity and small farm size.

• Irrigation system.

• Climate change: drought and flooding.

Challenges • Labor shortage and aging farmers.

faced in
producing • Increase of production costs.

rice in • Price fluctuation.

Thailand:
• Large-scale farming model.

• Flooding and drought support program.

 •  Now theres an important task for the country is to
become one of the leading sustainable rice
producers.

• The Rice Department are gearing up to promote

sustainable rice production in the Central Plains
The and the Northeast.
solution of • The environmental impacts are more severe than
the in other regions.
• Farmers obtain more income with higher rice
challenges : productivity and higher social responsibilities.
•THANK YOU !!!