Associate Professor Dr. Kesinee Ketpayak, Associate Dean of International Affairs and Public Relations and Dr. Phuangphet Hemrattrakun, Lecturer, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences welcomed Professor Dr. Li Xuejun, Deputy Dean Collage of Tropical Crops Yunnan Agricultural University, and delegates along with representatives from Highland Research and Development Institute (HRDI) to visit and discuss about academic cooperation Research in the development of rice species with Lanna Rice Research Center Chiang Mai University led by Professor Dr. Chanakan Tebolt Promuthai, Director of Lanna Rice Research Center and the center’s personnel as well as take a tour of the center's research

After that, the delegates visited the Lanna Thai Coffee Hub, Faculty of Agriculture at the Agricultural Innovation Research, Integration, Demonstration and Training Center Chiang Mai University (AIRIDTC) to exchange academic knowledge in coffee bean breeding, species development, coffee growing problems with Dr. Nuttapon Khongdee, Assistant Head of the Center and the center’s members on Thursday, May 30, 2024.