The National Innovation Agency (NIA) has partnered with Thai Union Group Plc (TU) and Mahidol University to develop the FoodTech Incubation and Acceleration Program or known as "SPACE-F”. NIA is expecting the project to help increase the number of food tech start-up to no less than 60 within the next 3 years. The project should further helped reaffirms Thailand’s image as the ‘world’s kitchen’, while helping to maintain the capability and quality of the Thai food industry.