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Sugarcane is one of Thailand’s most important agricultural crops and critical to its economy. In 2022, the biggest crop production in Thailand was sugarcane with a volume forecast of around 85.48 million tons. Sugarcane is a vital economic crop, with approximately 100 thousand small holders growing it in Thailand.
Cassava, an agro-industrial crop with a well-developed industry and market in the country, is considered one of Thailand’s most important economic crops. Supplying around 67% of the global market, Thailand was ranked as the world’s largest cassava products exporter with annual production of 33 million tons in 2016.
Rice production in Thailand represents a significant portion of the Thai economy and labor force. Forty percent of Thais work in agriculture, 16 million of them as rice farmers by one estimate.
According to the Foreign Agricultural Service of the USDA, rice and corn production in Thailand is predicted to reach a record 21million and 5.1million tonnes respectively in the year 2018-19. High corn production is driven by the government’s direct payment program to encourage rice farmers to switch to corn, particularly in the non-irrigated offseason rice areas in the northern region.
Thailand accounted for 3.8% of the global total Palm Oil production making it the world’s 3rd largest palm oil producer. There are approximately 390,000 Palm Oil farm households across the country representing 80% of the total palm oil production in Thailand.
