| International Cooperation |
| The Land Development Department is taking active steps to strengthen international cooperation and to expand its role to be one of the leaders of the region. LDD participates in activities organized by various important international bodies such as FAO, APEC, UN, and is working to establish bilateral cooperation in the areas of soil and water conservation, soil improvement, soil survey, soil analysis and soil biotechnology with countries in Europe, Australia and Asia.In South East Asia, LDD is working closely with the technical officials in the field of land development of those countries to develop soil maps and soil data and conduct soil improvement in order to be able to achieve agricultural development. In addition, LDD organizes training courses for neighboring countries to improve agricultural productivity. |
Europe |
| France: | Institut de recherché pour le developpement (IRD)
The assessment of planting Rubber-trees on Sandy Soils in NE Thailand. |
| The Netherlands: | Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) GIS and Remote Sensing technology for soil survey and soil mapping. |
| Australia: | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Soil salinity management, Land Care program. |
Asia |
| China: | Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences.Soil and water conservation, soil management, soil biotechnology, organic farming. |
| Indonesia: | Ministry of Agriculture Climate change, soil and water conservation. |
| Taiwan: | Council of Agriculture,Soil and Water Conservation Bureau.
Landslide management, soil and water conservation. |
| Japan: | JICA, JIID, JIRCAS
Soil and water conservation, land rehabilitation. |
| Vietnam: | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.Acid soil management, organic agriculture. |
| Russia: | Ministry of Agriculture Climate change, carbon equestration, soil microbial for agriculture. |
| Bhutan: | Department of Agriculture Highland management. |
South East Asia |
| Laos: | Soil mapping,soil improvement, farmer networks,capacity building. |
| Cambodia: | Soil survey, soil mapping, soil improvement, capacity building. |
International Organizations |
| FAO/UNDP: | Land degradation assessment in drylands |
| ADB: | Development of agricultural infrastructure. |
| APEC: | Food security. |