Weekend Farmer Network Thailand Presenter: Supachai Pitiwut Title: Weekend Farmer Network Venue: ACISAI, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Date: November 1, 2014

1. Weekend Farmer Network
Thailand
present

2. Who We Are ?
Weekend Farmer Network : Farmer Generation 25-35year old
have office day like salary man in Government ,Private sector
and weekend willing to solve farm’s household problems by
themselves( Agri -Aging Society , Climate Change , debt , Green market oriented)
 link Global knowledge act together with Local wisdom
 copy ,research and develop equipments for easy work
Challenge Do it Create
SRI- Develop
principle
Yourself
Pro
Con
adopt
adapt
Change Community

3. What We Do ?
Contents Connect Continuous Community
Context
Concept
Equipments
Social Media
Facebook
Youtube
Practice
Experience
Market
Breakthrough
By Young-Gen
-More Yield
Less Cost
-Save Time
And Labor
Local Events
Visit Farmer
Showcase
Share location
Learn by themselve
SRI,AWD,Biochar
Azolla Duck Rice
Mechanization

4. What We Do ?
Weekend Local event Learn by doing together

7. Weekend Farmer Equipments
process/condition Seeder Marker Weeder
Irrigation area
Rain fed area
Non-irrigation

8. Combination set for control weed
Azolla Duck Rice

9. Irrigation area

10. Rainfed area
Non-Irrigation area
Rice Seed Planter
Seed 43.75 Kg/ha

11. Six in One Seed Planter

12. Work capacity with Tractor 36Hp: 4ha/day
Rice ,Corn, Soybean, Mung bean ,Sunflower

13. Seed usage 43.75 kg/ha

14. Planting before raining season

15. Disc opener

26. ข้าวงอก สม่า เสมอ จัดการง่าย

28. Weed control by brush cutter with cutter

29. Weed control by brush cutter with cutter

30. Weed control by brush cutter with cutter

31. Weed control by brush cutter with cutter
before after

41. Direct Seed by Drum Seeder
Accumulate volume
711 unit ( 4years)
(import from vietnam)

43. Working condition : Can control water

44. Not Recommend in area have Weedy Rice problem

45. Rice seed scatter from rainfall

46. Soft soil /sink soil not suitable – may be modified

47. Soft soil /sink soil not suitable – may be modified