Setboonsarng Suthad
Member, Board of Trustees
Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD)
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Philippines
Biography
"Dr. Setboonsarng received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the Thammasat University, Thailand, and his Master of Arts degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hawaii. He completed his PhD in Economics at the University of Hawaii under a scholarship from the East-West Center, Hawaii. Dr. Setboonsarng’s prior experiences include being a consultant to the National ASEAN Summit Committee, Brunei Darussalam; a senior advisor for BowerGroupAsia, USA; Thailand trade representative (a ministerial representative of the Thai Prime Minister), Thailand; partner, Worldtrade Management Services, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Thailand; deputy secretary general of the ASEAN (Operations) Secretariat, Indonesia; associate professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand; research fellow, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI); research fellow, East-West Resource System Institute, Hawaii, USA; and lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand. His selected publications deal with international trade and investment, rice policies, rice research priorities, and agricultural pricing"
Research Interest
Crop and Environmental Sciences