Grass always greener on model smart farm

Prasert Laitim, left, Khuen Supanyabut, centre, and another member of staff at the Association of the Physically Handicapped in Pathum Thani show their produce grown in a model digital village in the province. FAO photo

It's 10 o'clock in the morning and Prasert Laitim has just finished watering salad greens at Samart Organic Vegetable Farm on a one-rai plot in Pathum Thani's Lam Luk Ka district.

All he had to do next is click a button on his smartphone to set the time on his mobile application that will result in the farm's water sprinkling and fogging system automatically turning on briefly three times a day.