Chachoengsao, located in the vicinity of Bangkok province,
is in the eastern part of Thailand. Its area is
approximately 5,351 km2 which is ranked as the 40th largest
province in Thailand. Chachoengsao province is the target
area for this study basically because it gains the
reputation of various agricultural practices and eases the
quality control of the project. As mentioned earlier,
Chachoengsao has highly diversified agricultural activities
with particular strength in crops, livestock, and fisheries.
These businesses have played distinctively important
economic and socio-cultural roles for the well-being of
farming households, such as food security, supporting local
livelihood household income-generation process, a form of
saving, a social status and sources of employment. The
livestock species are also of considerable importance for
farm families through providing a means of generating
income, satisfying household energy requirements, and
supporting food supply for consumption of products.

AFSIS Secretariat has been providing time series data by Database, as well as reports on supply and demand information and production forecasts for five main crops. These reports are known as the Agricultural Commodity Outlook (ACO) and Early Warning Information (EWI). Initially, the activities focused only rice-related data, but over time, the scope expanded to include all five major crops in alignment with the AFSIS database. Under the implementation of the SAFER project, the AFSIS Focal Points had discussed on the appropriate agricultural commodity to be added as a new target commodity apart from five main crops. Following deliberations, the meeting concluded that “Laying Hens” would be the new commodity added to the AFSIS Database, as well as the ACO and EWI reports. The AFSIS Secretariat developed a guidebook outlines the data collection process and provides clear definitions and descriptions of the necessary data items to support the integration of this new commodity into AFSIS’s reporting mechanisms.

Sub-indicator 1:

Farm output value per hectare

Sub-indicator 2:

Net farm income

Sub-indicator 3:

Risk mitigation mechanisms

Sub-indicator 4:

Prevalence of soil degradation

Sub-indicator 5:

Variation in water availability

Sub-indicator 6:

Management of fertilizers

Sub-indicator 7:

Management of pesticides

Sub-indicator 8:

Use of biodiversity-supportive practices

Sub-indicator 9:

Wage rate in agriculture

Sub-indicator 10:

Food insecurity experience scale (FIES)

Sub-indicator 10:

Food insecurity experience scale (FIES) with COVID-19 pandemic situation modification

Sub-indicator 11:

Secure tenure rights to land

This output focuses on strengthening the capacity of
officers from ASEAN Member Countries, in collaboration with
JAXA and RESTEC, to develop the necessary skills to operate
the INAHOR system using satellite imagery (ALOS-2 data) for
estimating rice cultivation areas in target regions. Upon
completion of the training, participants are expected to be
able to prepare training data for INAHOR, estimate rice
cultivation areas in their respective countries, and
generate corresponding maps using the software. Furthermore,
they will be equipped with the knowledge and capability to
adopt and integrate satellite-based technologies into
agricultural statistics within their national statistical
systems. The AFSIS Secretariat conducted both regional
workshops for member countries and in-countries activity in
Lao PDR, Cambodia in 2023, Thailand and Vietnam in 2024, and
Indonesia and Myanmar in 2025, respectively.