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The program to assist farmers harvest fresh sugarcane to reduce PM 2.5 dust in the production season 2020/2021 and 2021/2022: The Thai government has determined that the problem of small particulate matter (PM 2.5) is an important environmental issue that affects the air quality and the health and hygiene of Thai people. (...) In the past years, the amount of burnt sugarcane was around 70% of the total sugarcane production, which is one of the causes for PM 2.5 emissions during the harvesting period. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a program to reduce the burning of sugarcane. (...) The assistance program is a Green Box support program, more specifically an environmental program that falls under Paragraph 12 of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture.

General services: Pest and disease control: Directorate-General of Agricultural Services (DGSA) of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP): pest and disease control activities and inspection services. The DGSA is responsible for organizing and developing protection measures for plant health and quality and the quality of food of plant origin and agricultural inputs. This contributes to protecting public health, the environment, the agro-system and consumer interests. Its substantive functions include: (...) regulating and controlling agricultural inputs (plant protection products, fertilizers and biological agents); promoting and providing training on responsible use and care of the environment; (...).

General services: Inspection services: Directorate-General of Biosecurity and Food Safety (DIGEBIA) of the MGAP: (...) monitoring and evaluation of activities involving regulated GMO events in research and seed production for export;

General services: Other general services: Directorate-General of Natural Resources (DGRN) of the MGAP: the Directorate is responsible for promoting the rational use and management of natural resources with a view to achieving sustainable development within the agricultural sector and helping to preserve biodiversity. Its tasks include: promoting and regulating the integrated and sustainable use and management of natural resources (soil, water) used in agriculture, with a focus on watershed areas; establishing, developing and managing the Geographical Information System for Natural Resources; approving land and water use and management plans related to the granting of permits or concessions for the private use of public water for agricultural irrigation purposes; interpreting satellite images for land use studies; and promoting the conservation of surface water for agricultural use through the formulation of technical usage guidelines.

General services: Other general services: Pilot Livestock Index Insurance Plan: pilot programme aimed at gathering information for the design and validation of a potential index-based insurance product based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The project was conducted by the MGAP, initially with assistance from the World Bank and later with support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). (...) The ultimate objective would be to contribute to climate change adaptation and improved climate risk management in agricultural production.

Environmental programmes: Programme for Sustainable Dairy Production in the Santa Lucía River Basin, under the Development and Climate Change Adaptation Project (DACC World Bank), which seeks to help rural producers to use natural resources in a sustainable way, enhancing their ability to adapt to climate variability and change. The programme's main objective is to safeguard water quality in the Santa Lucía River Basin by implementing sub-projects proposed by family and medium-sized dairy farmers.(...)

Environmental programmes: Family Livestock and Climate Change Programme (GFCC). The GFCC's objective is to help build the adaptive capacity and resilience of family livestock producers facing climate variability and change in the Sierras del Este and Basalto Superficial areas. The soil in these areas is shallow and extremely prone to drought and water scarcity. The GFCC focuses on three specific components or goals: (a) promoting climate change adaptation strategies at the individual or producer group level by partially funding investments made to improve the basic infrastructure required on farms to reduce production system sensitivity (infrastructure for accessing and distributing water, shade provision for livestock, and subdivisions to ensure proper grazing management, etc.); (b) strengthening organizational capacities and local networks to foster resilience, which involves promoting capacity development at the local level to address climate change concerns in the short, medium and long term, (...).

Environmental programmes: Integral and Sustainable Family Production Programme (PFIS), undertaken as part of the Development and Climate Change Adaptation Project (DACC World Bank), which seeks to help rural producers to use natural resources in a sustainable way, enhancing their ability to adapt to climate variability and change, and the Rural Productive Development Programme (PDPR-IDB). Under this programme, non-repayable financial support is provided to family producers and small and medium-sized producers (...) to partially offset the exceptional costs of implementing projects aimed at promoting the adoption of new technological, productive and organizational tools and the application of measures to reduce their vulnerability to climate change. (...) The following may be covered: certain activities and investments related to the streamlining of water access and management (...) soil and vegetation use and conservation; the protection and restoration of biodiversity; the provision of shade and shelter through tree planting and the promotion of agroforestry systems; (...) and certain improvements in health, genetics and nutrition.

Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes": Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture: Associative Water Strategies for Production (EAAP), undertaken as part of the Development and Climate Change Adaptation Project (DACC-World Bank), which seeks to help rural producers to use natural resources in a sustainable way, enhancing their ability to adapt to climate variability and change. This programme offers financial support to facilitate multi-farm and/or associative irrigation programmes or projects to bolster the productive stability of beneficiaries and scale up the efficient use and management of water, ultimately reducing vulnerability to climate change. (...)

Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes": Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture: Value Chains and Family Production (Enhancing Value in Family Production): involves non-repayable financial support to partially offset the costs of implementing innovative projects to drive improvements in agricultural value chains. (...) The programme also aims to support the adoption of climate-smart technologies (...).