ThaiCane Model Project 2nd Phase, MCC, CMU, Thailand.

Research Startegies

Afforts in the second phase were designed to further develop and test a Decision Support System for sugarcane production in Thailand, especially theThai-English language capability. Our framework are divided into four major research tasks as follows;.

• First, a series of field and laboratory experiments are systematically designed to generate sufficient data sets for model development and testing. Three test sites were identified in Thailand as follows; Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, and Suphanburi, located at 19, 16, and 14 degree North latitude. A semi-automatic weather data logger, with three sensors, was installed at each site to monitor and to keep-track of environmental factors for sugarcane. Two planting dates experiments, on two cane cultivars, was installed at each site during the beginning and the end of rainy season in Thailand. The early rainy season experiment consists of two planting dates, namely; late February and late April 1995. The late rainy season experiment consists of two planting dates, namely; late November 1995 and late January 1996.

  

• Second, sugarcane planted areas was interpretated from a series of satellite images during November 1994 and April 1995 for both Khon Kaen and Suphanburi sites.
• Third, a DOS interface shell was developed, with collaboration from IFDC, Alabama, USA, to link between the sugarcane model and the spatial databases to assist policy makers, growers to assess a large scale cane production options.
• Fourth, a 14-months training program was developed to dissiminate the experiences gained from the project to interested individuals and the private industry.

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