Promotion of Community Approaches and Capacities for Sustainable Environment
With around 1,280 ha of cultivated area and 343 families, the project location is one resembling
a northeastern village in the country of which over 90 % of the population are farmers and of which environmental problems stem from non-meticulous application of modern technology.
Of the farming population, 90 % has adopted small tractors to replace the indigenous water buffalo use. This has added to the production cost since the yield is not increasing and price of fuel for tractors comparatively high. Besides, without water buffaloes in use, there is no free and natural fertilizer for the soil ,prompting farmers to resort to chemical fertilizer which , again, adds up to the production cost. With the currently low price of agricultural products, almost all farmers have run into heavy debt.
In one year, a family consumes approximately 240 litres of diesel oil plowing the land, pumping water, harvesting and commuting between home to farmland. In addition, there are 45 families
a northeastern village in the country of which over 90 % of the population are farmers and of which environmental problems stem from non-meticulous application of modern technology.
Of the farming population, 90 % has adopted small tractors to replace the indigenous water buffalo use. This has added to the production cost since the yield is not increasing and price of fuel for tractors comparatively high. Besides, without water buffaloes in use, there is no free and natural fertilizer for the soil ,prompting farmers to resort to chemical fertilizer which , again, adds up to the production cost. With the currently low price of agricultural products, almost all farmers have run into heavy debt.
In one year, a family consumes approximately 240 litres of diesel oil plowing the land, pumping water, harvesting and commuting between home to farmland. In addition, there are 45 families
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Rural Live Development Foundation, Burirum Province
Country:
Thailand
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 6,160.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 2,090.47
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 1,874.91
Project Number:
THA/00/G11
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
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SGP Country office contact
Ms. Thadthana Luengthada
Phone:
66 2 3049100 ext 2131
Fax:
66 2 2804294
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