{"id":28862,"date":"2026-03-12T15:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fcsthailand.org\/?page_id=28862"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:25:42","slug":"climate-smart-mulberry-farmers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fcsthailand.org\/th\/climate-smart-mulberry-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Smart Mulberry Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28862\" class=\"elementor elementor-28862\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d743ac0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d743ac0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d5c56b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d5c56b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fcsthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/afcia_logo-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-28794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fcsthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/afcia_logo-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.fcsthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/afcia_logo-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bcbb7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1bcbb7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c838278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c838278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Why: Addressing Climate Challenges<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historically, traditional mulberry silk-making communities in Northeastern Thailand have suffered from poverty exacerbated by frequent droughts and floods. Climate change impacts now threaten the entire value chain in major silk-producing provinces like Buriram, Chaiyaphum, Nakon Ratchasima, and Surin. Previously, some villagers faced zero income during disasters. This project addresses the urgent need to transition these communities into &#8220;smart farmers&#8221; to protect their traditional livelihoods and hand this heritage to future generations.<\/span><\/p><h3><b>What: Scaling Innovative Solutions<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This project is a first-of-its-kind initiative in Thailand to tackle sericulture through the lens of climate change adaptation. Supported by a <\/span><b>$110,000 grant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the program replicates a successful pilot model from Surin across three additional provinces.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Target Areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Buriram, Chaiyaphum, and Nakon Ratchasima.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Focus Groups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Primarily women villagers who sustain family traditions and roles in the community.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key Interventions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Education on disaster risk reduction, sustainable production, and testing innovative technologies.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h3><b>How: Sample Project Activities<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project achieves its goals through a structured set of capacity-building and technical activities:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate Adaptation Training<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Organizing one-day workshops to train participants on the use of six key technologies: the &#8220;Fahfon&#8221; weather forecast app, agro-forestry, aquaculture, crops development, solar cells, and precision farming.<\/span><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Soil Preparation Exercises<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Conducting field exercises to introduce specialized soil preparation techniques, specifically for orchards and seeding.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Design Thinking Workshops<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Facilitating three-day intensive workshops where villagers use design thinking tools to identify community challenges and devise their own localized climate adaptation plans.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Gender Empowerment Sessions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Implementing training on the &#8220;gender lens&#8221; and the UNDP gender marker to ensure that both men and women are represented in decision-making and that climate plans are inclusive.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Digital Marketing Partnerships<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Partnering with platforms like Lazada to provide training on digital marketing for organic silk products, helping farmers increase their income by reaching online customer groups.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Social Marketing for Officials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Providing training to local government organizations (such as Tambon Administration Offices) to help them promote the uniqueness of local silk products.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Global Knowledge Exchange<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Conducting field studies to world-renowned sericultural sites, such as the Hangzhou Silk Museum in China, to inspire new heritage management and farming practices.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Impact: Building Resilient Communities<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project&#8217;s expansion aims for substantial socio-economic growth and environmental resilience:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Beneficiary Reach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Directly benefiting <\/span><b>2,240 people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and indirectly supporting <\/span><b>4,480 individuals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geographic Scale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Covering approximately <\/span><b>9,000 acres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of mulberry farming land in the three new provinces.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Economic Growth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Targeting a <\/span><b>20% increase in income<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for mulberry silk farmers through improved production and online sales.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+1<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Knowledge Transfer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>500 trained villagers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are expected to share their expertise, effectively doubling the number of people competent in climate adaptation technologies.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Proven Success<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: In the initial pilot, <\/span><b>83.8% of participants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gained a better understanding of climate change, and over <\/span><b>1,000 villagers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> successfully adopted weather forecast apps to manage heat waves.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why: Addressing Climate Challenges Historically, traditional mulberry silk-making communities in Northeastern Thailand have suffered from poverty exacerbated by frequent droughts and floods. 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