Investment, Research Shape Thailand’s Food Industry

In January 2012, Food Technology Associate Editor Karen Nachay attended a food industry media tour in Thailand sponsored by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI). The trip included visits to food research and product development facilities in Bangkok and in the eastern seaboard region of the country.

The agricultural industry and agriculture exports are quite important to Thailand’s economy. Approximately 40% of the country’s labor force is employed in agriculture, according to the U…