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Development And Concentration Of Maize Seed Market In Thailand

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  • Orachos Napasintuwong Author-Email : orachos.n@ku.ac.th

    (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,Faculty of Economics,Kasetsart University,Thailand)

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Today Thailand is the second largest field crop seed exporter in Asia with maize contributing the highest value to seed exports. Hybrid maize is considerably adopted in Thailand mainly due to the demand from feed industry and development of livestock and poultry industry. The success of varietal development of commercial maize hybrids is owed to the investments of international donors during the 1980s and continuous breeding efforts of multinational seed companies even as public institutions played a key role in maintaining genetic resources conservation and pre-commercial lines research. This paper reviews the history of research and development in maize and maize seed market development in Thailand. Furthermore, expert elicitation method is used to reveal the adoption of commercial maize varieties in 2013/2014 cropping seasons. The results of adopted maize varieties were used to estimate market shares and suggested that maize seed market in Thailand is moderately concentrated with tendencies towards oligopolistic competition.

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  • Orachos Napasintuwong Author-Email : orachos.n@ku.ac.th, 2017. "Development And Concentration Of Maize Seed Market In Thailand," Working Papers 201702, Kasetsart University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
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    Keywords

    Pork seed industry; maize; market structure; agricultural research;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
    • L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

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