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Thailand Coconuts Research Paper

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The Future of Thai Coconuts According to 2010 statistics, Thailand’s coconut growing area is around 2,240 square kilometers, mostly located in the provinces near the Gulf of Thailand. Thailand is ranked the sixth country of the world that owns the largest areas of growing coconuts, behind the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Brazil.
Even though coconuts can be normally seen near the coasts, in the fields, cultivated lands, and mountains, there are few provinces that mostly grows coconuts in large areas. The provinces that cultivate coconut trees over 160 square kilometers are consisted of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chomphon, Surat Thani, and Nakhon Si Thammarat.
There was a coconut shortage crisis from mid-2010 to 2011. Mature coconuts price skyrocketed to 24 baht each, increasing by 10 baht when compared to the same time of the previous year. Also, it broke the 1997 record of the highest coconut price at 17 baht. Meanwhile, …show more content…

“We love this profession because we were born and grow up with coconut farms. We were able to send our children to school and pay for tuition fees thanks to the money from selling coconut products. However, the future is uncertain. This year, the coconut price was good so far, but we don’t know whether the following year would be the same. Look at the coconut farm next to ours, the owner cut down all the coconut trees and has grown oil palm trees for several years.”
She paused for a while, and continued speaking like she wanted to send her words across all the curves of leaves blowing in the wind.
“We know that from this day onwards, we would be threatened by import coconuts from Indonesia, Vietnam, or even the illegal coconuts from Burma and Cambodia, which will lower the coconut price forever.”
“If it actually happens, there would definitely be the downfall of coconut farms in

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