To strengthen agricultural technology-oriented cooperation between Taiwan and Thailand, Taiwan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives jointly hosted an online meeting titled “Taiwan–Thailand Exchange on Agricultural Geospatial Information Technology and Survey Applications.” The meeting focused on the application of artificial intelligence (AI), digital twins, geographic information systems (GISs), satellite remote sensing, and AI-based image interpretation. Both sides also exchanged views on future cooperation and technical exchanges to further strengthen their smart agriculture partnership.
Taiwan’s delegation noted that AI and digital technologies have become essential tools for improving agricultural productivity and governance efficiency in response to the combined challenges of climate change, food security, and agricultural labor shortages. The delegation expressed its hope that technological exchanges between Taiwan and Thailand would help bring smart agriculture technology into broader practical application.
The Thai delegation highlighted AI-powered smart agriculture as a key area for future bilateral cooperation. Thailand plans to invite Taiwan to participate in an AI smart agriculture exchange in September this year, where the two sides will hold in-depth discussions on smart monitoring, agricultural net-zero emissions, and digital governance, while exploring opportunities for technical cooperation and practical applications.
During the meeting, the Thai delegation shared its experience in developing GIS portals, digital twins, and tree databases. Taiwan’s delegation presented its achievements in developing a nationwide agricultural parcel maps, an agricultural street-view imagery system, and AI-based image interpretation. These initiatives demonstrate how satellites, drones, and ground-level imagery can be integrated with AI to enhance farmland management, land-use monitoring, crop surveys, and anomaly alerts. Both sides also exchanged experiences in AI image recognition, geospatial information integration, and agricultural carbon sink management.
Since signing an agricultural and fishery cooperation agreement in 2003, Taiwan and Thailand have continued to strengthen their partnership through bilateral agricultural cooperation meetings. Going forward, both sides will continue to identify suitable pilot sites and opportunities for collaboration, promote the testing and application of AI, big data, the Internet of Things, and geospatial information technology, and advance Taiwan–Thailand smart agriculture cooperation from experience-sharing toward practical implementation.