Thailand's Sugar Cane and Sugar Fund board approved FY2570 budget priorities emphasizing cost efficiency and technology adoption. Key initiatives include accelerated R&D on new sugarcane varieties to reduce white leaf disease risk, deployment of AI and satellite imagery for yield forecasting, and standardization of CCS (sugar content) lab testing. The board also pushed stakeholder participation (farmers and mills) in project design and procurement—actionable for agritech SMEs and suppliers to the sugar supply chain.