Inovative Financial Mechanisms
- The project site becomes a new learning center for Technology for Agriculture.
- Making pamphlets for visitors of the learning center.
Project sustainability
- create group of farmers to take responsibility, take care and gain group benefits by collecting money from group incomes and set up as group fund.
- learn to work collaborately.
- design the new Solar cell water pumping to reduce cost of productions, more effective, and able to use widely in agricultural areas for example, Solar cell water pumping as a hand truck.
Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
- make a pamphlet to promote renewable energy.
- make a video about the solar powered water pump
- promote the realization about renewable energy
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
Creating jobs for people in the dry season.
Replication of project activities
Not yet have replication of project activities. However, this is one they are planing to do in the future. Also, to encourage more local government involement in the activities.
Policy Impact
Teach people to make use of renewable energy.
Capacity - Building Component
Teaching people in the community to use technology.
Linkages gef projects
The project is linked with GEF projects both in small and large program. The project has been implemented relating with goals and objectives of GEF. They always exchange knowledges and information through social media for instanct, Facebook.
Gender Focus
The roles of men and women are different. Men can use technology better then women. However, women's role will be the representative of men to attend the meeting. Maybe women are more important in the family.
Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples
Use video to demonstrate about the use of solar power water pumps.
Planning gef grant
Yes, for the farmers who interested in the project.
- create technology on alternative energy for instance, wind and heat to develop other areas effectively.
Notable Community Participation
Youth comes to learn the solar power water pumps in the learning center.
Project Results
- Farmers are able to grow vegetables and plants in dry season. Thus, they are able to earn incomes for the family around 8,000 baht per rai.
- Farmers are able to reduce expenses in investing for agriculture for up to 30% in fuel or 2,000 baht per rai.
- Up to 20 households or 25% of farmers are able to work in dry season.