DLG International and its partner Agriculture and Finance Consultants are implementing the new German-Thai cooperation project to promote sustainable development of cluster farms in Thailand. The project is initiated and supported by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC). In its first phase it will run from September 2020 to August 2023.

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The project aims at strengthening cluster farms in selected districts with regard to a powerful, efficient, resource-saving and entrepreneurial agriculture. Cluster-farms consist of a minimum of 30 small-scale farms, which are cooperating in areas such as production and marketing. Up to now, about 6,000 cluster farms have been established by MOAC.

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The project is cooperating with the Department of Agricultural Extension to develop and implement modern cluster farm specific extension concepts to be applied by Governmental Agencies at local level to support the development of cluster farms with tailored concepts for cluster farm management and collaboration of its members implementing a future-oriented agricultural praxis. Eight cluster farms with 4 different lead crops in 4 different Provinces had been selected as pilot farms for the implementation of the extension, management, and agricultural concepts.

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"Key for the future development of cluster farms in Thailand is strengthening the capacity of the management of the cluster farms to successfully develop and implement joint activities of its members on improving agricultural production, procurement of inputs and machines as well as selling of their products. Our vision is, that cluster farms implement modern agricultural technology and interact with suppliers and customers similar to large farms."  Karsten Ziebell

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DLG is convinced that this initiative highly contributes to the modernization of the agricultural market in Thailand. It clearly represents a new chapter in the bilateral cooperation.

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Download the official factsheet here (language: german)