depa Drives Digital Agriculture to Boost Farmer Income

Thansettakij•Economy•15h ago

Reader Briefing

The Digital Economy Promotion Agency is implementing the One Tambon One Digital Season 3 project to upgrade the agricultural sector through digital technology across 8 provinces.

•The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) is promoting Smart Agriculture via the One Tambon One Digital Season 3 (OTOD #3) project.
•The initiative covers 8 provinces and aims to create a digital ecosystem linking farmers, technology developers, the private sector, and government agencies.
•The project is expected to generate a total economic and social impact value of over 500 million baht.

Overview

•The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) is implementing the One Tambon One Digital Season 3 (OTOD #3) project across 8 provinces.
•The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) aims to transition traditional farming to data, technology, and innovation to increase production efficiency and reduce costs.
•Among applicants for the project, 86% chose automatic farm management systems, 13% chose agricultural drones, and 1% chose smart agricultural tractors.
•Among digital community service businesses, 67% are interested in agricultural drones, 24% in automatic farm management systems, and 9% in smart agricultural tractors.
•The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) expects the project to create an economic and social impact value of over 500 million baht.
•Supakorn Sitthichai stated that the project utilizes Business Matching, knowledge transfer from experts, and technology demonstrations to ensure actual implementation.
•The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) plans to monitor technology application, expand the digital agriculture network nationwide, and develop Thai digital entrepreneurs.

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Key Quotes

Supakorn Sitthichai

"The project also creates a Digital Agriculture Ecosystem that connects farmers, communities, digital entrepreneurs, the private sector, educational institutions, and partner agencies."

โครงการดังกล่าวยังสร้าง Digital Agriculture Ecosystem ที่เชื่อมโยงเกษตรกร ชุมชน ผู้ประกอบการดิจิทัล ภาคเอกชน สถาบันการศึกษา และหน่วยงานพันธมิตร

Key Entities

Person

Supakorn Sitthichai(ศุภกร สิทธิไชย)

Acting President of the Digital Economy Promotion Agency.

Organization

Digital Economy Promotion Agency(สำนักงานส่งเสริมเศรษฐกิจดิจิทัล)ℹ️

The agency responsible for upgrading digital technology application in the agricultural sector through projects like OTOD #3.

depa(ดีป้า)ℹ️

The shortened name for the Digital Economy Promotion Agency.

Policy

One Tambon One Digital Season 3(1 ตำบล 1 ดิจิทัล ซีซัน 3)

A project (OTOD #3) designed to transition traditional farming to the use of data, technology, and innovation.