Innovation needed if Thailand wants to be No 1 in global food market: Jurin

[webfact]

Innovation needed if Thailand wants to be No 1 in global food market: Jurin

By The Nation

 

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit

 

Thailand will have to focus more on innovative food-production methods to meet global demands if it wants to become the world’s No 1 food exporter, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Thursday (July 16).

 

Exporters will also have to aggressively safeguard their existing markets, secure new markets as well as upgrade the local logistics system to cut down on related costs, he told a seminar on Thailand’s food sector.

 

He also said that the government should hasten the signing of free-trade agreements in order to boost the country’s trade competitiveness.

 

Jurin added that his ministry has joined the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry to develop a Big Data system to share information, boost food standards and safety, as well as upgrade the industry.

 

Thailand is currently the 11th largest food exporter in the world and it can climb further, he said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30391444

 

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[smedly]

Thailand feeding the world

 

 

with idiotic statements 

[Enzian]

Drop those import taxes on wine and liquor and maybe more countries will want to do business with you.

[holy cow cm]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Jurin added that his ministry has joined the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry to develop a Big Data system to share information, boost food standards and safety, as well as upgrade the industry.

More like the man sticking his regime power in to control everything. One problem is they keep on raising the daily wage which is anti productive to lower end costs. Vietnam is far ahead of them for end costs even with  no trade deals with places such as the USA. And there was and is an exodus of workers high tailing it out of here as Thailand has become unattractive for them to work in.

[Misterwhisper]

I really don't need to consult my crystal ball to determine that Thailand is never ever (ever, ever, ever!) going to be the world's number 1 (as in largest by volume and/or value) food exporter.

 

The country is currently ranked 11, so it is virtually impossible to climb 10 places even in the long term -- unless everyone else currently ahead of Thailand either lowers their export volumes considerably or stops exporting altogether... which of course they won't.

 

Thailand may well become "number 1" in certain individual food product categories, and in fact already has been there in the past (e.g. rice, frozen chicken, frozen shrimps). But to advance to the world's food export champion overall is a much, much tougher nut to crack.

 

And it is NOT going to happen. Ever. Period.

 

Please.... finally spare us from disgorging your weekly recurring pipe dream chases of being "number 1 here, number 1 there" and return to the firm ground of reality. And that alone already would be an achievement to be proud of.

  

[grumbleweed]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Innovation needed if Thailand wants to be No 1 in global food market

Would that be the type of innovation taught at Hogwarts?

[geistfunke]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

boost food standards and safety

As long as the agriculture in Thailand only produces toxic hazardous waste, the guy should rather shut up.

[Grumpy John]

I either groan or laugh when I hear such talk.  The population of farmers is aging every year and there are few youngsters wanting to get into farming. Around here the majority of farmers are 60 +.  The day starts at 4:30am and depending on the job the work day starts at 6:00am and often goes till after dark.  It's not unusual to hear tractors coming home at 8pm!  Sure there are many days they can have a siesta around 12 to 3 but not every day.   I think the brainiacs in Bangkok need to figure out what they will do in 10 or 15 years time when millions of farmers retire.