1) Aparted from the initial research and development conducted between September 1981 - August 1984 with the supported from ARS/USDA. Kasetsart University (through partial. funded by DOA., Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives) kindly support a research project aimed to improne the quality of the final products as well as the waste management. National Research Council gave 2 years sponsorship through "The Developmental Research on Dried Ornamental Products of Thailand for Export" started in 1996 - 1998.
2) Some 10 percent of the holding team workforce is involved in R&D. To day's research and development section focuses its efforts exclusively on developing processes and products in the dried flowers sector.