Climate Change Impacts on Agricultural Products in Thailand: A Case Study of Thai Rice at the Chao Phraya River Basin
Phongphanich Naraa, Guan-Guay Maob,*, Tsair-Bor Yena
a Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 912 Pingtung, Taiwan R.O.C.
b Graduate Institute of Landscape Architecture and Recreation Management, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 912 Pingtung, Taiwan R.O.C.
A B S T R A C T
This study has focus specifically on the experience of Thailand’s worst floods in Chao Phraya River Basin (CPRB). The economy was broadly affected by experiencing temporary halt in some production sectors of country. The study found that most of this was to the Thailand’s agricultural products, as major agricultural products were Thai Rice, and Thailand was one of major rice producer and exporter in the world. In 2011, a total export value of Thai Rice was 210,527 million baht. However, the impact of tropical cyclone Nock-Ten on Thai Rice export was reinforced by an economic slowdown in Thailand during 2011-2012. Hence, this study diagnoses the impacts of flood on Thai Rice in CPRB , and recommends the guidelines for management of climate change impacts.
2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society
Keywords: CHAO PHRAYA RIVER BASIN, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT, FLOOD, GLOBAL WARMING, THAI RICE
Available online at www.sciencedirect.com
APCBEE Procedia 8 ( 2014 ) 136 – 140
