Agricultural production science research and development office

Department of AgriculturePrachathipat Pongpinyo

Responsibility

Performing research works and technical development in relation to agricultural inputs which are soil, water, fertilizer, plant, pesticide and others agricultural production inputs.

Providing services for analysis, inspection, consultation and laboratory certification in relation to agricultural production inputs.

Organization ChartAgricultural Production Science Research and

Development Office

Research Project Administration Sub-division

Soil Science Research Group

Agricultural Chemistry Research

Group

Pesticide Research Group

Pesticide Research Group

Conducting research and development on pesticides including pesticide formulation and quality control, pesticide residue analysis, impact of pesticide and risk assessment along with the synthesis of pesticides from natural products.

Providing services on pesticide analysis for quality and certification of agricultural commodities for export.

Certificate

Past…

2006: Accredited in Organophosphorus in Mango (11 pesticides)

2008: Accredited in Organochlorine and Pyrethroid in Mango (10 pesticides)

2009: Accredited in Carbamates in Mango (7 pesticides)

Total accredited 28 pesticides

Present

With GC/MS instrument: Screening 430 Pesticides by GC/MS with Deconvolution Reporting Software and Pesticide Library

Future…

With the technical support from FAO on the enhancement of laboratory capacity; we hope that the scientists will gain knowledge and skill from technical training and can also Expand the scope of pesticide residues analysis in both Qualitative and Quantitative by modern & high efficiency equipment such as LC-MS/MS.