AIT SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT
2023
FIELD DATA COLLECTION ON COLLECTIVE ACTION BY ORGANIC JASMINE RICE PRODUCER GROUPS IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND
AIT Research Theme: Food-Energy-Water AIT Unit: NRM & DSP / DDS/ SERD Project Duration: July 2022 to December 2025 Project Sponsors/Clients: IDE-JETRO (Institute of Developing Economies - Japan External Trade Organization) Project Partner: Kobe University.
University,
Chulalongkorn
Expected Social Impact: ⏵ Enhanced knowledge of the stagnant dissemination
of organic practices for jasmine rice. ⏵ Increased adoption of organic certificates for rice
production. ⏵ Increased income for smallholder farmers through
price premium.
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⏵ Improved health among smallholders farmers due
to reduced application of synthetic inputs such as herbicide and insecticide. ⏵ Improved health among domestic and foreign
consumers through consumption of organic food. Description: Following the preliminary field visits conducted in 2022 in Roi Et Province, the team of researchers from AIT and Kobe University proceeded to Nakhon Phanom Province in January 2023 to conduct key informant interviews with the Rice Department officials and leaders of different farmer groups with export-standard and Thai-standard organic certificates. Thereafter, the survey instrument was developed and the survey was conducted with 384 farm households in Nakhon Phanom Province and Roi Et Province from March to May 2023.