The agency has set its own budgets of Bt1.72 billion to develop the bio-bank over three years – 2018 to 2020. The combined impact of the bio-bank, gene editing, and the “plant factory”, should help Thailand become a world supplier for the functional-ingredient industry. NSTDA also provides services that promote and leverage science, technology and innovation among private businesses and industries. The NSTDA has since 2002 successfully operated the Thailand Science Park – the country's first fully-integrated research and development hub – in Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok. More than 80 organisations, companies and research institutes have now set up research units in the Thailand Science Park.

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 24, 2018 07:18 UTC