Biotech to Help Rubber Industry in Thailand
April 4, 2008| |
Thailand is gearing-up to develop its rubber industry through biotechnology. According to Mr. Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) at the Thai Rubber Conference, biotechnology will become one of the important components to support the rubber manufacturing sector in Thailand. The Thai government has identified rubber product industry as one of the potential industries for its export business. Thus, the government is now giving priority to produce adequate manpower for science and technology as well as to grant financial support for rubber research. Recently, latex biotechnology research for protein-free products has shown promising results.
The complete article is available at: http://safetybio.agri.kps.ku.ac.th/images/stories/pdf/Rubber_industry.pdf. For further details contact Dr. Supat Attathom of the Biosafety and Biotechnology Information Center at agrspa@ku.ac.th.
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