Ms. Thanyathitha Boonyamaneekul, Deputy Secretary-General of the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, revealed the results of the implementation of the project to promote and develop organic agricultural products to enter the bioeconomy supply chain, which aims to develop farmers' potential to produce quality herbal plants and economic insects in quantities that are in line with market demand. Agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives have been integrated, including the Department of Agricultural Extension, the Agricultural Land Reform Office, the Department of Agricultural Science, the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, and the Department of Cooperative Promotion as the responsible agency, while the Office of Agricultural Economics is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the project. In the past fiscal year 2024, the project was successful. Overall, knowledge was transferred to 3,150 farmers, 92.06 percent of whom had increased income, and the value of organic agricultural products within the project increased by 38.88 percent, which is in line with the goals of the sub-master plan for bioeconomy, which specifies that organic agricultural products have increased value.

For the fiscal year 2025, the project has been continuously driven. By setting a target for training to develop the potential of 4,850 farmers, the results of the operation (October 2024 - May 2025) in terms of the operation of the Department of Agricultural Extension, which has developed the potential of 1,810 farmers who produce herbs and economic insects, it was found that the Department of Agricultural Extension has currently developed the knowledge and skills of farmers to increase the efficiency of herbal and economic insect production to meet market demand for 1,810 farmers, reaching the target of 57 provinces. In addition, from the field visit of the Office of Agricultural Economics by the Evaluation Center in Khon Kaen Province between May 12 - 17, 2025, following up on the results of the project of the Nong Saeng Community Enterprise Processing Group, Ban Haet District, currently has 30 group members, with Ms. Maneechan Yothatun as the group chairperson. Farmers started planting herbs for the first year, such as fingerroot, ginger, galangal, lemongrass, etc. The project has come to promote knowledge covering all aspects, including production, planting, plot maintenance, prevention, and elimination of weeds and pests in herbal production, resulting in farmers having an increased income from selling their products, averaging 3,051 baht per household per year.

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