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Bangkok Post
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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Grass always greener on model smart farm | History Defined

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.

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