Suparatana Bencharongkul ( th, ศุภรัตน์ เบญจรงคกุล) is a Thai agriculturist, lifestyle influencer, and the daughter of

Boonchai Bencharongkul Boonchai Bencharongkul ( th, บุญชัย เบญจรงคกุล, born 25 June 1954) is a Thai millionaire business executive and art collector. He is the founder and chairman of Dtac, Thailand's third-largest mobile phone operator. ...

, billionaire telecommunication tycoon. As an agriculturist, she combined farming and technology to start the ''Farmer Info Application'', ''Sabuymarket'', ''Allbio'', ''Farmmanyam'', ''Rakbankerd Products'' and ''Fulfield'' initiatives for the benefit of the farmers in

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. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the

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in 2003 and an Executive

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from the Sasin School of Management of Chulalongkorn University in 2015.

Career

Suparatana is the

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of Rakbankerd Group, which is part of the family-owned Benchachinda Group. Her efforts are centered towards improving agricultural production in Thailand through smart technology of

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, unmanned aviation systems and sensors, leading to higher yields per acre. Suparatana pioneered the use of smart technology in agriculture, particularly rice production, which is one of Thailand's main crops. The technology aims to get more production for farmers in Thailand.

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Rakbankered Company Limited
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Suparatana Bencharongkul Suparatana Bencharongkul ( th, ศุภรัตน์ เบญจรงคกุล) is a Thai agriculturist, lifestyle influencer, and the daughter of Boonchai Bencharongkul, billionaire telecommunication tycoon. As an agriculturist, she combi ...

Living people Women innovators

Alumni of the University of Kent

Career

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