TPSO Launches Klai Kep Kieo AI System for Rice Management

MGR Online•Economy•1d ago

Reader Briefing

The Trade Policy and Strategic Office is introducing the 'Klai Kep Kieo' system using AI and technology to shift agricultural management from reactive to proactive, starting with rice.

•The Trade Policy and Strategic Office (TPSO) developed the 'Klai Kep Kieo' system for agricultural price stability management.
•The system utilizes AI and technology to provide predictive data on production, prices, and markets.
•The system is piloting with rice products before the main crop enters the market at the end of the year.
•An MOU between four ministries will be signed on September 30, 2026, to drive the system.

Overview

•The Trade Policy and Strategic Office (TPSO) developed the Klai Kep Kieo system based on a requirement from Supajee Suthamphan to elevate agricultural management beyond mere situation monitoring.
•The Klai Kep Kieo system integrates data from multiple agencies regarding production, planting areas, yields, markets, and prices.
•TPSO is piloting the system with rice products before the main crop harvest arrives at the end of the year.
•The Klai Kep Kieo system uses AI to analyze and identify high-value potential markets to link supply with demand.
•On September 30, 2026, the system will be launched and an MOU will be signed among four ministries.
•The system integrates satellite imagery from GISTDA, registration data from the Department of Agricultural Extension, and price data from the Department of Internal Trade.
•The Klai Kep Kieo system aims to change government operations from following situations to foresight and proactive management.

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Key Quotes

Nantapong Jiralertpong

"What TPSO is doing is not creating another dashboard system, but changing the way of thinking in agricultural product management."

สิ่งที่ สนค. กำลังทำ ไม่ใช่การสร้าง Dashboard ขึ้นมาอีกหนึ่งระบบ แต่เป็นการเปลี่ยนวิธีคิดในการบริหารสินค้าเกษตร

Key Entities

Organization

Trade Policy and Strategic Office(สำนักงานนโยบายและยุทธศาสตร์การค้า)

The agency that developed the Klai Kep Kieo system for agricultural price stability management.

Ministry of Commerce(กระทรวงพาณิชย์)ℹ️

One of the four ministries signing the MOU to drive the Klai Kep Kieo system.

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives(กระทรวงเกษตรและสหกรณ์)

One of the four ministries signing the MOU to drive the Klai Kep Kieo system.

Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation(กระทรวงการอุดมศึกษา วิทยาศาสตร์ วิจัยและนวัตกรรม)ℹ️

One of the four ministries signing the MOU to drive the Klai Kep Kieo system.

Ministry of Digital Economy and Society(กระทรวงดิจิทัลเพื่อเศรษฐกิจและสังคม)ℹ️

One of the four ministries signing the MOU to drive the Klai Kep Kieo system.

GISTDAℹ️

The agency providing rice yield forecasting data from satellite imagery.

Department of Agricultural Extension(กรมส่งเสริมการเกษตร)ℹ️

The agency providing rice registration data.

Department of Internal Trade(กรมการค้าภายใน)

The agency providing paddy rice buying price data from mills.

Department of International Trade Promotion(กรมส่งเสริมการค้าระหว่างประเทศ)

The agency providing rice consumer behavior data.

Department of Foreign Trade(กรมการค้าต่างประเทศ)

The agency providing global rice trade data.

Person

Nantapong Jiralertpong(นันทพงษ์ จิระเลิศพงษ์)

Director of the Trade Policy and Strategic Office under the Ministry of Commerce.

Supajee Suthamphan(ศุภจี สุธรรมพันธุ์)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce who requested the elevation of agricultural product management.

Policy

Klai Kep Kieo(ใกล้เก็บเกี่ยว)

A system for managing agricultural product price stability using technology and AI.