The Challenges of Agricultural Extension Amid Drought and COVID-19 Pandemic:Community-based Soybean SeedProduction Through Brainstorming and Participatory Action Development
NeuroQuantology
; 21(5):936-950, 2023.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2318169
ABSTRACT
One constraint of Thai soybean production is the volume of seeds used for cultivation in the dry season or after the rice season. PhuPha Man district, KhonKaenprovince, in Northeast Thailand, faces the same problem and can be solved by producing seeds during the rainy season for use in the dry season. The collaborative brainstorming to participatory action development employed in this community-based soybean production project involves four steps:
(1) needs assessment, (2) planning, (3) implementation, and (4) evaluation. From 2019-2020, a total of 40 farmers jointly participated in this project 20 from the Non-Korm Sub-district and 20 from the Sawab Sub-district. They agreed to implement three missions (1) Farmer group management. A Community-based Soybean Seed Production Center (CSSPC) was established in each area. Each CSSPC was responsible for determining the structure and role of management, including the implementation of disciplines. (2) Seed production management. During its implementation, a shortage of rainfall and drought occurred from September to October 2019, causing soybean production to decline. Moreover, product harvesting and project evaluation took place at the site during the COVID-19 pandemic from January to May 2020, influencing the ability of farmers and facilitators to work together on group activities which required delicate management of the monitoring, control, production, exchange, and learning to solve problems. (3) Seed purchasing and distribution management. Rainfall shortage and drought influenced the ability of the farmers to produce the required soybean seeds. Consequently, the CSSPC did not purchase the seeds and manage their distribution.Copyright © 2023, Anka Publishers. All rights reserved.
Agricultural development; Collaborative brainstorming for development; Soybean farmers; agricultural management; agricultural worker; agriculture; article; brainstorming; coronavirus disease 2019; drought; dry season; education; food industry; government; harvesting; human; human experiment; learning; marketing; pandemic; plant seed; purchasing; rainy season; rice; seed production; soybean; stakeholder engagement; sustainable development; technology; Thailand; water supply; rain
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NeuroQuantology
Year:
2023
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