Political Economy of Thai "Jasmine" Rice

泰国茉莉花水稻政治经济学研究项目的主要目的是分析泰国茉莉花水稻的历史，占泰国茉莉花米交易香米80%以上的香型“考都马里105”的发展过程，以及泰国政府在泰国茉莉米发展中的重要作用。2003年，本研究项目集中收集和分析了20世纪50年代的水稻选育计划、60年代对泰国农民的推广和收成的基本统计数据的历史文献和报道，2004年5月，首席调查员参加了泰国大米出口商协会为…在曼谷举办的“2004年泰国大米大会”。进一步与泰国大米出口商和香港、美国及其他市场的大米进口商讨论泰国茉莉花大米的现状，了解泰国茉莉花大米发展的真实情况。继续收集和分析农业研究部、农业推广司、农业经济办公室、商务部等部门发布的泰国茉莉花水稻收成、出口和价格走势的基本统计数据。并对商务部关于加强泰国茉莉花大米质量标准的泰国贸易政策的文献进行了整理和分析。其主要原因是，该项目不仅关注泰国米业私营部门的作用，还关注农业政策和贸易政策的作用，以发展泰国“茉莉花”大米的种植和出口。毋庸置疑，泰国农民、泰国碾米商、泰国大米出口商以及国外市场的大米进口商为发展泰国“茉莉花”大米经济付出了巨大努力，这一点不容忽视。因此，这一研究课题应成为下一步研究的重点。较少

The main purposes of this research project of Political Economy of Thai "Jasmine" rice are to analyze the history of Thai "Jasmine" rice, the process of the development of the fragrant "Khao Dok Mali 105" which accounts for more than 80 percent of the fragrant rice traded as Thai "Jasmine" rice, and the important roles in the development of Thai "Jasmine" rice by Thai Government.In 2003 this research project focused on collecting and analyzing the historical documents and reports on the rice select program in the 1950s, the promotion of Khao Dok Mali 105 for the Thai farmers in the 1960s and the basic statistical data on the harvest, the export and price trend of Thai "Jasmine" rice which published by Department of Agricultural Research, Department of Agricultural Extension, Office of Agricultural Economics and Ministry of Commerce and so on.In 2004 the head investigator joined "Thai Rice Convention 2004" in Bangkok in May, 2004 organized by Thai Rice Exporters Association in order to … More discuss the current situation of Thai "Jasmine" rice with the Thai rice exporters and the rice importers in Hongkong, U.S.A and the other markets, and to get the real and current information on the development of Thai "Jasmine" rice. It has been continued to collect and analyze the basic statistical data on the harvest, the export and price trend of Thai "Jasmine" rice which published by Department of Agricultural Research, Department of Agricultural Extension, Office of Agricultural Economics and Ministry of Commerce and so on. And the head investigator collected and analyzed the documents about Thai trade policies to strengthen the quality standard of Thai "Jasmine" rice by Ministry of Commerce.In the title of this research project the words of "political economy" is used. The main reason for this is that this project focused on not only the roles of private sector of rice industry in Thailand, but also the roles of the agricultural polices and the trade policies in order to develop the planting and exporting of Thai "Jasmine" rice. Needless to say, it is not able to ignore the great efforts of Thai farmers, Thai rice millers, Thai rice exporters and rice importers in the foreign markets to develop the economy of Thai "Jasmine" rice. So this research topic should be focused at the next step. Less