<RESEARCH REPORT>Decision Support System Research and Development Network for Agricultural and Natural Resource Management in Thailand: A TRF-DSS Experience

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This paper aims to introduce the Decision Support System (DSS), which is an areainformatics approach to area studies, and the research network complex based onDSS's application in Thailand. In particular, the paper presents and discusses currentactivities of the DSS research network at the national level in Thailand ratherthan being a theoretical and analytical study of the DSS mechanism or its cases.DSS has wide applications in Thailand, extending to various fields such as agriculturaland natural resource management, economic and social management,historical and cultural preservation, and so on. DSS generally refers to a supportsystem embedded into a computer system for providing intellectual resources withthe appropriate numerical model necessary for decision making in productionactivities. Agricultural and natural resources have been the foundation of social andeconomic development in Thailand since the country's first national plan in the1960s. Decision making to maintain agricultural productivity as well as to protectnatural resources requires well-integrated data sets. The Thailand Research Fund(TRF) established a DSS research and development network (TRF-DSS) in 2002to help various research teams in Thailand develop DSS tools and components foraddressing agricultural and natural resource management issues. Using a "systems"approach, the DSS framework allows researchers and users to identify and integratekey components as well as to define databases and model-base managementsystems.This paper focuses on the TRF-DSS research and development network, whichconsists of 12 universities, two line agencies in Thailand, and a line agency in Cambodia.During 2002–10, a total of 59 research projects were granted a budget allocationof 140.1 million baht, and a budget of 15.4 million baht was allocated to supportactivities of the network. In addition, 10 projects were funded to carry out postprojectactivities, with a total budget of 1.5 million baht. More than 20 DSS toolswere developed and implemented by various users, ranging from policy makers toprovincial and local government agencies engaged in short- and long-term planningand management. Most DSS tools were designed to allow the integration of biophysicaland socioeconomic data as well as the decision support modules for alternativesevaluation and analysis. These approaches support the choices of dynamicsimulation models as well as multi-criteria analyses for modelbase software development.They also allow users to evaluate various alternatives in agricultural andnatural resource management.Networking is a powerful platform for DSS research and development and maybe applied to other types of research and development agenda in Thailand, such asarea study projects. DSS tools contribute to an understanding of sustainability ofproduction systems against a background of climate change, poverty reduction, andfood security.Keywords: agricultural systems, natural resource management,
2012-04-30

<RESEARCH REPORT>Decision Support System Research and Development Network for Agricultural and Natural Resource Management in Thailand: A TRF-DSS Experience

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