Improvement of Service to Organic Rice Farmers in Thailand (For Member of Farmer’S Federations Association for Development Thailand in Upper Northeast of Thailand)
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Improvement of service to organic rice farmers in Thailand (For member of Farmer’s Federations Association for Development Thailand in upper Northeast of Thailand) By Mr. Surachet Chamontri Supervisor Mr. Jan Hoekstra;Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied sciences Mr. Bunchorn Kaewsong; Commissioners Mr. Kees van Bohemen ; ZLTO, the Netherlands Mrs. Jeannette van Rijsoort; Agriterra, the Netherlands Project duration: 16 February to 16 September 2009 Project location : Northeastern region of Thailand 0 Acknowledgement I would like to acknowledge and thank those who involve in this thesis project. Firstly, I would like to thank the Thai government for the financial support throughout my study in the Netherlands. My study and thesis project would have been impossible without the scholarship from them. I really appreciate this fabulous scholarship and will do my best from that. Secondly, I would like to thank Mr. Prawat Bunnak who is the secretary of Federations Association for Development Thailand (or SorKorPor) for giving me the great opportunity to fulfill my thesis. Besides, special thank go to all members of SorKorPor for their contributing in field research. My thesis project is full of feeling home with their hospitality and very warm welcome. Moreover, writing this report is impossible without their help. Thirdly, I am grateful to Mr. Jan Hoekstra, my thesis coach, Mr. Bunchorn Kaewsong, my tutor in Thailand, and Mr. Kees van Bohemen, for their supervision, suggestion, and guideline before, during, and after the thesis period. Moreover, we would like to thank Mrs. Jeannette van Rijsoort from Agriterra for her coordination for supporting all expanses during the thesis project field work. Fourthly, I would like to thank Chatchai who is my friend for his help during the thesis. He is really a hard-working student and the best friend at the same time. The thesis report cannot be complete without his contribution Last but, not least, we offer the appreciation to all organic rice farmers and organic rice chain operators in northeastern Thailand for their contribution on organic rice sector. In addition, we also would like to appreciate to the lecturers for teaching in the first, second, third, and fourth academic year. 1 Table of contents Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................. 1 Table of contents ............................................................................................................... 2 Abstract .............................................................................................................................. 5 Abstract (Thai version)..................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 8 1. Introduction of project ................................................................................................. 9 1.1 Background information ......................................................................................... 10 1.2 Problem definition .................................................................................................. 10 1.3 Objectives of project ............................................................................................... 10 1.4 Methodology ........................................................................................................... 11 1.5 Notes for the readers ............................................................................................... 12 2. Farmer’s Federations Association for Development Thailand ............................... 12 2.1 History of organization ........................................................................................... 12 2.2 Vision of SorKorPor ............................................................................................... 13 2.3 Mission of SorKorPor ............................................................................................. 13 2.4 Present service providing of SorKorPor ................................................................. 14 3. Review of Literature ................................................................................................... 16 4. Analysis of organic rice sector in Thailand .............................................................. 18 4.1 Political ................................................................................................................... 18 4.1.1 Thai policy on rice sector ................................................................................. 18 4.1.2 Interventions of the government on rice sector ................................................ 20 4.1.3 Significant scheme on rice sector .................................................................... 20 4.2 Economical ............................................................................................................. 22 4.2.1 Rice on Thai economy ..................................................................................... 22 4.2.2 Organic rice on Thai economy ......................................................................... 23 4.3 Social and Cultural .................................................................................................. 23 4.3.1 Rice as Food ..................................................................................................... 23 4.3.2 Rice as a source of labor .................................................................................. 23 4.3.3 Rice rituals ....................................................................................................... 23 4.3.4 Gender roles in paddy production .................................................................... 24 4.4 Technical ................................................................................................................. 24 4.4.1 Farm level ........................................................................................................ 24 4.4.2 Milling level ..................................................................................................... 25 4.4.3 Infrastructure .................................................................................................... 25 4.4.4 Technology transferring ................................................................................... 25 4.5 Environmental ......................................................................................................... 26 4.5.1 Geography ........................................................................................................ 26 4.5.2 Water and Irrigation ......................................................................................... 26 4.5.3 Soil ................................................................................................................... 27 4.5.4 Climate ............................................................................................................. 27 5. Organic rice value chain analysis in Northeast of Thailand ................................... 29 5.1 Value chain map of organic rice in Northeast Thailand ......................................... 29 5.2 Value chain players in Northeast of Thailand......................................................... 30 5.2.1 Organic rice seed suppliers .............................................................................. 30 2 5.2.2 Organic fertilizer supplier ................................................................................ 30 5.2.3 Organic rice producers ..................................................................................... 31 5.2.4 Organic rice mills ............................................................................................. 34 5.2.5 Santri Asoke Packaging House ........................................................................ 38 5.2.6 Broker .............................................................................................................. 38 5.2.7 Domestic retailer .............................................................................................. 38 5.2.8 Domestic supermarkets .................................................................................... 39 5.2.9 Domestic consumer .......................................................................................... 40 5.2.10 Exporter.......................................................................................................... 40 5.2.11 Importer.......................................................................................................... 40 5.2.12 International retailer ....................................................................................... 42 5.3 Figures on the incremental values at each level of the value chain ........................ 43 5.4 Supportive player .................................................................................................... 46 5.4.1 The Surin Farmer Support (SFS) ..................................................................... 46 5.4.2 Alternative Agriculture Network Isaan (AAN) ............................................... 46 5.4.3 The Earth Net Foundation ................................................................................ 47 5.4.4 Organic Agriculture Certification Thailand ..................................................... 47 5.4.5