JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) Web Article
(Translated Version in English)

Sub:Bangkok, 020304, the Thai enterprise which is tackled organic agricultural products

According to the Thai government, from viewpoint such as correspondence, high added value conversion to consumer needs and improvement of competitiveness in export, the farmer who cultivates organically, enterprise has increased. Furthermore, the Thai companies which handle the production of the organic agricultural products which are based on the Japanese JAS law recently, has the support of the Thai Department of Commerce export promotion bureau since it was started.

According to the Thai government, the vegetable and the farmer who produces the fruit, enterprise has increased from viewpoint such as correspondence, high added value conversion to consumer needs and improvement of competitiveness in export, with organic cultivation. The Thai government has been promoting the production of organic agricultural products, technical spread of organic agriculture, decision of organic agricultural products standard and certification project etc., of the organic agricultural products producer have been executed. In this kind of movement, the tie enterprise which is tackled the production (recognition acquisition of production distance manager et. al.) of the organic agricultural products which are based on the Japanese JAS law recently, by the support of tie Department of Commerce export promotion bureau, is started. As the case, enterprise of exhibition schedule is introduced to the JETRO exhibition booth of FOODEX 2002 which from March 12th is held with Makuhari ???.

EXOTIC FARM PRODUCE (THAILAND) CO,. LTD, in a province west of the capital city of Bangkok sells the fresh and frozen asparagus, red pepper and the baby corn etc., to the supermarket chains in the EU market mainly. In addition, it has started also the Japanese trading company and the transaction with the supermarket from last year. The farm where the recognition of JAS is received is categorized to the Cambodia border vicinity as the one for asparagus cultivation, the area with approximately 48ha, among approximately 16ha them has already done harvesting. This land is something which in the form which participates in the project which Thai king family advances the Exotic Farm Produce borrows from Thai government. Furthermore, the farm of approximately 19ha is owned in the Myanmar border vicinity as a one for cultivation of the baby cone and the red pepper etc.. At the Exotic Farm Produce, the vegetable has been produced usually, with the contract cultivation of the farmer, but it has gone at the respective company management farm concerning organic cultivation. As a production volume, as for the asparagus 0.6? 1t/ day, the baby cone is 1t/ day. As for the patsy of the Exotic Farm Produce, ", growth rate of the asparagus due to organic cultivation 2 times that or more normality cultivation, has shortened also cultivation period", that it does. In addition, as the reason which begins organic cultivation, "focusing on the EU market for the sake of needs from the customer are strong,", it does, furthermore, "in the Japanese market, in the future, needs to organic agricultural products strengthen more", that it expects.

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