Dew covering grass lawn means high humidity. If you see a dragon flying low, brace for heavy rain. Fruit growers have long been using these nature observations in combination with weather forecast provided by the government agency to manage their farming
activities. But these may not be sufficient for next generation farmers.
Alongan grower making six-figure earning a year, Ratthana Jundam, Head of Moo 4 Village in Chiang Mai Province, spent 7 years learning about sufficiency economy before making a big decision to turn away from monocropping to integrated farming.
Struggling from falling rubber prices, Anan Chanrat, a rubber farmer in Phatthalung Province, proposed an ambitious idea of a rubber processing factory manufacturing
natural latex foam pillow. The idea was warmly supported by his rubber-farming-based community, leading to an establishment of Banprakha Agricultural Cooperative in mid-2015 with 50 founding members. The production commenced on 12 January 2017.
