Research Activities

The generic activities of the research consortium are in the following broad areas:

• Maintain a well-managed research facility - an experimental farm and a hatchery are indispensable part of the program which will be used for conducting research on simulated farm conditions, transfer the research findings and technology to the farmers and producers, and to fine tune research findings to match different commercial aquaculture situations.
• Develop innovative and sustainable aquaculture technologies - the consortium conducts research on novel sustainable aquaculture technologies. The initial research focuses on the development of scientific standard operating procedures (SOPs) for aquaculture practices such as such as Biofloc Technology (BFT), Aquamimicry, and mono-sex (all female or males) prawn production technologies.
• Develop feasibility plans for testing, prototyping and demonstration of innovative technologies for farmers – develop a research platform of the highest international standards and scientific quality that develops prototypes for testing and validating sustainable aquaculture technologies relevant for Thailand.
• Develop a wireless sensors network (WSN) for farmer clusters to facilitate farmers and stakeholders with collection, recording, sharing, analyzing and interpreting vital indicators of system’s health. It strives to enhance efficiency of the system through timely interventions of culture management. Furthermore, it enables possible traceability through time-series data related to the farm clusters.
• Facilitation of the development and coordination of farmer clusters – The aquaculture farmer clusters are important part of the consortium as they uptake research outputs and implement the suggested improvement for their production systems to minimize the costs or to improve the products or improve the business model.
• Conduct training/ workshops/ seminars/ consultancy on innovative aquaculture technologies – A combination of training, workshops, and seminars will be designed to deliver the relevant research findings and technologies developed by the research program. This activity is to increase the visibility of sustainable Thai aquaculture practices in the region.