Chemicals

Target Population / Location of project: 15 farming households, 60 group members in 12 villages of Tambol Phon-ngarm, Kosumphisai District, Mahasarakham Province - situated along the Chee River, an ecological portion of Middle Lower Mekhong Basin Environment Problems and Livelihood: A wetland and sources of natural water sources of about 320 ha, project area was irrigated through weirs and supply canals for 20 years. 60 % of the area has made a full use of irrigated water but it was used for commercial plantation, not for sufficiency economy. Chemical substances have been overly applied resulting in excessive run-off to land and water , chemical residue in products, and land degradation. Objectives: 1.To reverse land degradation and promote the sustainable use 2.To promote organic farming reducing the dependence upon chemicals 3.To build capacity of organization and forge networking among farmers Activities to be taken: 1. Building capacity of community members through training ,study tours and campaigning 2. Launching plantation of medicinal species 3. Conduction of soil test and human bodily check 4. Conduction four workshops to disseminate project results 5. Joint meeting with local academic institute for development of curriculum on organic compost 6. Contributing financially to the Centre of Organic Farming , the rotating fund and the Cooperatives shop 7. Reaching out the activities to wider farming groups Anticipated Outputs and Results: 1. The annual output as follows: - 75 tons of organic compost - four litres of starting microbes/person - 20 litres of liquid organic compost/person - 10 litres of organic hormones/person - 20 litres of organic insect repellant/person 2. Increase capacity and awareness of 75 project members 3. Cultivated area of about 60 ha being rehabilitated 4. Provided opportunities for non-project community members to learn about the effect of the project 5. Emergence of local curriculum in the four academic institute of Tambol Phon-Ngarm 6. At least 10 additional members being received into each group 7. Emergence of cooperating network in the 12 villages carrying out management of environment in a sustainable way

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