The objectives of this research are to propose an efficient and proper model that fits the cassava and rubber yields data. A generalized estimating equation (GEE) and a linear mixed model (LMM) with spatial correlation following the conditional autoregressive model (CAR) were adopted. The dependent variables are the cassava and rubber yields collected each month in every province of Thailand. The factors considered are rainfall averaged temperatures and regions. The results from GEE and LMM show that the factors influencing on the cassava and rubber yields are rainfall averaged temperature and region. Both GEE and LMM fit the correlated data. The GEE is used to explain the influence of factors on the yields in all provinces while the LMM is used to explain the influence of factors on the yields in each province.

The objectives of this research are to propose a linear mixed model (LMM) with spatial correlation for an analysis of rice yields in Thailand to estimate the rice yield in each month of all provinces in Thailand to investigate factors influencing on the rice yields and to construct the maps of rice yields. A linear mixed model (LMM) in which the spatial effects follow the conditional autoregressive model (CAR) is used. The estimated rice yields are used to construct the rice yield maps. The dependent variables are the rice yield in each month of each province. The data are secondary data at a provincial level. The factors considered are rainfall averaged temperatures and regions. The results show that the factors influencing on the rice yields are rainfall averaged temperature and region. The amount of regional effects ordering from largest to smallest values are northestern region southern region western region central region eastern region and northern region respectively. The top ten provinces and months with high yields ranking from largest to smallest values are Ubon Ratchathani in November (1328000 ton) Surin in Novermber (1070000 ton) Si Sa Ket in Novermber (1023000 ton) Buri Ram in November (939400 ton) Nakhon Ratchasima in November (907500 ton) Roi Et in Novermber (852800 ton) Chiang Rai in Novermber (769800 ton) Khon Kaen in Novermber (692800 ton) Maha Sarakham in Novermber (676200 ton) Udon Thani in Novermber (620600 ton) respectively. The rice yeilds maps are easy for readers to identify which areas have high or low yields. They are a useful tool for planning decision making and implementing plans to help rice famers to increase their rice production.

The objectives of this research are to propose a proper model for risk assessment for drought in Thailand. A hidden Markov model is adopted. The results indicate that the amount of rainfall depends on the hidden states drought or non-drought state. If the state changes from drought to non-drought the amount of rain will increase. The probability of changing from drought state to non-drought state is higher than from drought state to drought state. The probability of drought occurrence in February is highest followed by in November March December January July April June October September August and May respectively. When the temperature increases the probability of drought occurrence will increase.