Strengthening Thailand’s Agricultural Extension System through Agricultural Learning Centers for Increasing Production Efficiency (ALC) Using the FARMS Lifelong Learning Model
Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE) is the agency assigned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to formulate Thailand’s agricultural extension guidelines and policies. The Agricultural Learning Center for Increasing Production Efficiency (ALC) serves as one of the key mechanisms for transferring appropriate agricultural knowledge, technologies, and services to farmers in the area through budget support, agricultural input, and materials for developing learning plots and learning bases within the ALC. Agricultural extension officers act as advisors and knowledge facilitators for farmers.