Fig.4 Average amount of chemical fertilizer used by farmers before and after project implementation plant and animal residues in order to return nutrients to the soils through composting would minimize the use of non-renewable resources and reduce GHG emission. The achievement from this project would expectedly contribute to increase job opportunities and partly reduce labour migration from this commune to the city and neighbouring countries. 2. Capacity Building Improvement Numbers of capacity building workshops and technical trainings had been provided for local farmers to promote organic agriculture in the project area by encouraging them to apply compost or using cyclic use of plant and animal residues to increase nutrient in the soil in order to improve the environment and reduce CO2 emissions. Moreover, the training on organic agriculture was not only conducted and practiced in the project area, but also in other countries. Farmers from Samroung commune were invited to join the technical training in Thailand and Japan during 2012 to 2014 in order to gain more knowledge and experiences related to organic agriculture and sustainable resource utilization. Currently, farmers at the target area in Samroung Commune, Kampong Cham Province are producing organic vegetables to supply to the local market; as a result, more income is generated (Figure 5). Moreover, they are producing organic agricultural products such as compost, granular compost and bio- pesticide for using in their farms. Also, they have shared the experiences and knowledge what they have learnt with other farmers who are not the members of the project. Aside from these, farmers are aware of selecting suitable crop varieties to grow in rainy and dry season and change the way of growing crops to those more adaptable to the climate change condition. 3. Raising Climate Change Awareness through organic farming Workshops for raising climate change awareness through organic farming have been conducted in the target area in order to increase the knowledge on climate change at village and commune level. The benefits from climate change awareness by promoting organic agriculture would mainstream concepts of climate change adaptation to local farmers as well as the commune authorities in the project site. Therefore, the commune authorities and project beneficiaries could understand what the main impacts of climate change are and which intervention options are available in the commune and should be taken in consideration. More importantly, the Fig.5 Changes of farmer’s average annual incomes Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 317 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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