Mr. Peerapan Kothong, Secretary-General of the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), revealed the OAE's key mission in driving agricultural information development and big data management to become a reliable agricultural information center. The OAE focuses on creating and delivering value to four main stakeholder groups: 1) Farmers, through the principle of providing and receiving analyzed data to advise on improving farm efficiency; 2) The public, where the OAE communicates and explains the facts about the reasons for agricultural commodity price adjustments at different times, so that the public understands the real supply and demand mechanisms and reduces confusion about price volatility in the market; 3) Executives and the government, where analyzed data serves as an early warning system by monitoring global risk factors such as energy prices, international shipping costs, and animal feed raw material prices such as soybean meal and corn, to prevent cost-related inflation; and 4) Network partners, where a standardized international database is used for integrated national-level work, as well as coordination to ensure continuous data updates and consistency. Furthermore, we aim to build in-depth regional collaborations with commodity collectors, cooperatives, processing plants, and production input suppliers to create a linked database throughout the supply chain.

To drive this mission towards its goals, the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) organized a workshop on “Surveying Production Costs of Livestock and Fisheries Products” on March 12-13, 2026. This workshop provided central and regional staff with the knowledge and skills to compile accurate and scientifically sound data, focusing on verifying on-site data to reflect reality. The goal was to deliver high-quality information to farmers and all stakeholders. The training covered key topics related to surveying the costs and production volumes of livestock and fisheries products in 2026, including methodologies for surveying data on whiteleg shrimp, laying hens and chicken eggs, sea salt, raw milk collection centers and dairy cows, as well as surveying the prices of production inputs and the production volume of broiler chickens and sea bass. The workshop emphasized the art of questioning and research ethics to obtain data that truly reflects the country's competitiveness.

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