From: sl2k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Schitt Laowattana)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: Part[2]:Future Biotechnology-Based Industries
Date: 3 Oct 92 18:29:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.MenZQVa00WBMA4aUlX
Organization: Doctoral student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


    Part[2]: Future Industries

    From the above argument, we feel that Thai industries in the future
10-15 will be resource based rather than technology driven.  These
future industries will result from diversification of the current
industries.  There will be only a few new industries.  However, the
technology level will be improved, mostly by import from aborad.  The
following is an axample of how biotechnology will affect future
technology:

    Biotechnology, and especially the "new" biotechnology, will have
important impacts on the development of new crops, plants, and animal
species.  It has been estimated that the first new generation crops with
resistence to specific herbicides will be marketed in the 1990's. 
Prospects are brighter for development of insect and disease resistence
palnts by way of genetic engineering.  Thus, many genetically engineered
products from the west will probably have dramatic impact on Thai
agricultural products within the next 10-15 years.  Rics, maize, and
legumes, which are recieving attention in the west, will probably be
among the first crops to show the effect partly due to the large
palntation areas.  Cassava and rubber have received less attention in
the west and thus, effects for these products will probably come
somewhat later.  For this example, the industries most likely to be
affected are the seed industry and the agriculture industry.  Local
palnt breeding technology will obviously continue to have an impact on
the industry, as it has over the past decades.  Foe example, sufficient
effort put towards sucessful local R&D of varieties of disease resistent
plants over the next 5-10 years, could have an impact on the industry.

    The most likely scenario is that Thailand will continue to import
technology to improve its present industries.  The industries will
likely expand to cover a wider range of products as dictated by market
demand.  It is likely that the industries listed below will receive
special attention.

    Sector                             Industry
    ^^^^^^                             ^^^^^^^^
    Agriculture                        Seed/Seeding
                                       Aquaculture
                                       Livestocks
                                       Biofertilizerz/Mycorrhizae
                                       Biopesticides
                                       Plant growth promotors

    Agro-industry                      Diry
                                       Animal feed
                                       Biopolymers(inluding modified starch)
                                       Aquaculture

    Food, Beverages                    Organic acid
    and Special Chemicals              Modified starch for food ingredient
                                       Other starch/sucro based
                                       Food flavours and coloring
                                       Preserved foods

    Health and Health-related          Antibiotics
                                       Specific antigens
                                       Vaccines
                                       Diagnostic
                                       Plant medicines
                                       Toileteries
                                       Vitamins
                                       Hormones

    Energy & Environment and others    Methane Production
                                       Waste treatment
                                       Biosensors

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Posted by 

Schitt(DJ)  Laowattana

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