Abordagens

Promotion of Organic Tea Production under Bench Terraces [Tailândia]

Continuous bench terrace

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1. Informação geral

1.2 Detalhes do contato das pessoas capacitadas e instituições envolvidas na avaliação e documentação da abordagem

Pessoa(s) capacitada(s)

co-compiler:

Tipvong Tanomkwan

1760 ต่อ 2235 / 0879172421

aoy.tvong.@gmail.com

Land Development Department

Pahotyothin Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900

Tailândia

usuário de terra:

Mokngoen Jai

0658720601 / -

- / -

Palaung hill tribe, land user in Plot 2000

Mu 5, Khum village, Mae Ngon sub-district, Fang district, Chiang Mai province, 50110

Tailândia

Tapangtong Werapong

0987488087 / -

- / -

Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station

Mu 5, Khum village, Mae Ngon sub-district, Fang district, Chiang Mai province, 50110

Tailândia

Boonchoo Sontaya

- / -

- / -

Royal Project Land Development Center, Land Development Department

164 Mu 3, Chiang Mai-Fang Road, Don Kaeo subdistrict, Mae Rim district, Chiang Mai province, 50180

Tailândia

Nome da(s) instituição(ões) que facilitou(ram) a documentação/avaliação da Abordagem (se relevante)
Land Development Department (Land Development Department) - Tailândia

1.3 Condições em relação ao uso da informação documentada através de WOCAT

Quando os dados foram compilados (no campo)?

19/10/2018

O compilador e a(s) pessoa(s) capacitada(s) aceitam as condições relativas ao uso de dados documentados através do WOCAT:

Sim

2. Descrição da abordagem de GST

2.1 Descrição curta da abordagem

Promotion of continuous bench terraces for sustainable tea plantations in steep areas of the northern region highlands.

2.2 Descrição detalhada da abordagem

Descrição detalhada da abordagem:

The approach is to develop and promote sustainable agriculture on steep slopes by establishing continuous bench terraces. Under this system, hilltribe farmers can produce good quality Chinese tea, and send their product to a processing factory nearby, which will create stable and high incomes and raise the quality of life. This production/ conservation system aims also to reduce deforestation and shifting cultivation problems, which lead to the degradation of soil and land. As such, soil and water conservation in this upstream sloping highland should promote and encourage appropriate sustainable land management to preserve natural resources and the environment.
In the early stage, Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station initiated this project to develop and promote Chinese tea cultivation on steep land, with close cooperation from the Land Development Department (LDD) to design the continuous bench terraces instead of the cold-climate fruit trees, which had greatly deteriorated. Local officers had allocated land (without ownership) to Palaung hilltribe people who were selected and guaranteed by the community leader for their aptitude and ability to cultivate Chinese tea according to the Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Guidelines, and set up a Chinese tea producers group at Plot 2000. Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station organized this programme and trained them and also arranged for some local officers to advise on soil management, fertilizer use, and disease and pest control. Vetiver grass planting was introduced to maintain the terrace and road edges; compost was produced to use for improving soil properties and reducing their production cost, and cultivation materials were supplied to all land users through disbursement under the management of Doi Angkhang Agricultural Cooperatives. Local officers also supported marketing through purchasing at the guaranteed price according to the quality of the tea, and set up tea processing factories in this area. The project encourages all land users to observe and maintain their tea bushes and the land around them. Currently all land users are aware of how to sustainably use and maintain their land and soil resources. Moreover, local officers advise how to repair bench terraces themselves; however, if the damage is serious, the LDD officers will come in to help them repair.

2.3 Fotos da abordagem

Observações gerais sobre as fotos:

Data collection supports for mainstreaming and scaling-up of sustainable land management

2.4 Vídeos da abordagem

Comentários, breve descrição:

Tea plantation in soil and water conservation measure in steep areas

Data:

09/10/2018

Localização:

Doi Ang Khang

Nome do cinegrafista:

Ms. Somjit Lertdisayawan / Ms. Tanomkwan Tipvong

Comentários, breve descrição:

Tea plantation farm

Data:

21/01/2016

Localização:

Doi Angkhang

Nome do cinegrafista:

Pornthep Molee

Comentários, breve descrição:

Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station
39 เส้นทาง เรียนรู้ ทำดี “ตามรอยพ่อ”

Data:

15/03/2017

Localização:

Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station

Nome do cinegrafista:

Royal Project Foundation, Ford Thailand

2.5 País/região/locais onde a abordagem foi aplicada

País:

Tailândia

Região/Estado/Província:

Chiang Mai Province

Especificação adicional de localização:

Extension area for Chinese tea plantation (Farm 2000) at Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station, Mae Ngon Sub-district, Fang District,Chiang Mai Province

Comentários:

Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station is the main agency to assist, support and encourage hilltribe farmers in protection and awareness of soil resources in this steep zone. Soil and water conservation measures have been used to solve the erosion problem, protect the environment, preserve the forest and enable land users to grow the Chinese tea in this area ("Farm 2000").

2.6 Datas de início e término da abordagem

Indique o ano de início:

1999

Caso o ano exato seja desconhecido, indique a data aproximada de início da abordagem:

10-50 anos atrás

Comentários:

Sustainable use of a steep area. Hill tribe farmers can utilize this continuous bench terrace land for tea plantation or other purposes for long time under GAP system.

2.7 Tipo de abordagem

  • Baseado em projeto/programa

2.8 Principais metas/objetivos da abordagem

The first objective is to enable hilltribe farmers, through suitable soil and water conservation measures, to produce good quality Chinese tea on the highland. The second objective is to create a stable income and raise the quality of life, where it is very important to ensure sustainable landuse without damaging natural resources and the environment. The third is to reduce forest encroachment problems in the highland and watershed areas of the northern region of Thailand.

2.9 Condição que propiciam ou inibem a implementação de tecnologia/tecnologias aplicada(s) segundo a abordagem

Disponibilidade/acesso a recursos e serviços financeiros
  • Propício

Angkhang Agricultural Cooperatives supported production factors to land users and cooperatives officers will monitor and evaluate this process.

Quadro institucional
  • Propício

Land user network as cooperative of tea plantation group with cooperation in compost or organic fertilizers production

Quadro jurídico (posse de terra, direitos de uso da terra e da água)
  • Propício

Almost land users did not have right in land ownership, but they have right to use the allocated land, which these land are allocated by the Royal Project.

Políticas
  • Propício

Government policy and Royal project supported the budget and implementation activities

Governança da terra (tomada de decisões, implementação e aplicação)
  • Propício

Royal project and government agencies regulated land use planning and take care on soil and land management in this area.

Conhecimento sobre GST, acesso a suporte técnico
  • Propício

The officers of Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station advise land users to manage soil and land, including tea production and process.

Mercados (para comprar entradas, vender produtos) e preços
  • Propício

They have tea processing factories in this area.

Outro
  • Propício

3. Participação e papel das partes interessadas envolvidas

3.1 Partes interessadas envolvidas na abordagem e seus papéis

  • Usuários de terra/comunidades locais

All farmers belong to the hilltribe Palaung ethnic group.

All land users take care of bench terraces with advice from station officers.

  • Organizações comunitárias

Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station, The Royal Project

The station officers extend and promote the occupation, encourage and advise in technology transfer the technical matter and knowledge to farmers.

  • Professores/alunos/estudantes

School children and students

Training course and study tour in the area

  • Governo local

Several local government agencies are directly involved in this process, including officers from the station and the Royal Project.

The station officers extend and promote the occupation, encourage and advise the farmers in technical knowledge, support production facilities and processing factory.

  • Governo nacional (planejadores, responsáveis pelas decisões)

Administrative officers in department and ministry level

Making decisions and creating policy

3.2 Envolvimento do usuários de terra/comunidades locais nas diferentes fases da abordagem
Envolvimento do usuários de terra/comunidades locais Especifique quem estava envolvido e descreva as atividades
Iniciação/motivação Participativo Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station created continuous bench terraces as a soil and water conservation measure in the former degraded cold-climate fruit tree plot. They informed all land users about land allocation and zoning for suitable economic crops and trees, including Chinese tea in Plot 2000.
Planejamento Participativo Almost all land users (Palaung hilltribe) have been allocated land for planting Chinese tea with good agricultural practices (GAP) system in Plot 2000.
Implementação Nenhum The LDD has been responsible for conducting soil and land survey, designing and constructing soil and water conservation measures, with close collaboration with Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station.
Monitoramento/avaliação Participativo All Palaung hilltribe land users in this area have to maintain/repair the bench terraces in their allocated land.

3.3 Fluxograma (se disponível)

Descrição:

Flow chart Operating procedures of bench terrace:
1. The organic Chinese tea plantation project is emphasized to promote and develop career of hilltribe people around the area of Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station to reduce forest encroachment and shifting cultivation and encourage them to use the land in a sustainable way with stable and high income.
2. Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station has selected the area of old cold-climate crops where soil has deteriorated; the station officers need to reshape the land and construct suitable conservation measures in this sloping area.
3. In 1999, Land Development Department (LDD) supported in the survey, design and construction of soil and water conservation measures as continuous bench terraces. The distance between two terraces and the vertical interval (VI) depend on the slope of the area, but the cultivation area of each terrace will be 3m wide.
4. The Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station has selected farmers to join this project by considering their aptitude, ability and opportunity for further development in organic Chinese tea plantation. Almost all land users have been approved by community leaders to practice and implement following the instruction from extension officers.
5. All selected land users should practice and maintenance as recommended by station officers. In planting tea, farmers will dig a small furrow along the terrace around 30cm deep and 30cm wide. Tea seedlings will be planted in the furrow with a spacing of 40-50 cm between trees (around 2,000 plants/rai). Surface soil around these tea seedlings will be mulched to maintain suitable soil moisture.
6. Farmers will produce organic Chinese tea so they need to avoid applying chemical fertilizers and other chemical substances, but limit the use only to natural materials. Compost is applied at a rate of 2 kg/tree along both sides of the tea canopy, and incorporated about 15 cm below the soil surface. This compost rate may be applied 3 times a year.
7. The Chinese tea is usually harvested from April to December, and will receive nourishment/maintenance ( January-March). At present, the No. 12 variety has an average yield of 800 kg/rai, with some 5-6 harvests a year, while the soft stem variety has an average yield of 600 kg/rai, with some 4-5 harvests a year. The station has received a budget from the Taiwanese government and the Institute of Highland Area Development to support the processing factory building, machinery and necessary techniques.
8. Maintenance of damaged bench terraces: all land users will repair by themselves in the dry season. In the serious case of erosion, the LDD will support such maintenance. In addition, vetiver grass is planted to strengthen the edge of the terraces.

Autor:

Ms.Tanomkwan Tipvong

3.4 Decisão sobre a seleção de tecnologia/tecnologias de GST

Especifique quem decidiu sobre a seleção de tecnologia/tecnologias a serem implementadas:
  • todos os atores relevantes, como parte de uma abordagem participativa
Explique:

-

Especifique em que base foram tomadas as decisões:
  • Avaliação de conhecimento bem documentado de GST (tomada de decisão baseada em evidências)
  • Policies and legal measures

4. Suporte técnico, reforço das capacidades e gestão do conhecimento

4.1 Reforço das capacidades/formação

Foi oferecida formação aos usuários da terra/outras partes interessadas?

Sim

Especifique quem foi capacitado:
  • Usuários de terra
Caso seja relevante, especifique gênero, idade, status, etnia, etc.

Both male and female

Tipo de formação:
  • Agricultor para agricultor
  • Áreas de demonstração
Tipo de formação:
  • Mmonthly meeting
Assuntos abordados:

Implementation activities, how to solve some problems, maintain and repair conservation measure, vetiver grass plantation and others

Comentários:

-

4.2 Serviço de consultoria

Os usuários de terra têm acesso a um serviço de consultoria?

Sim

Especifique se foi oferecido serviço de consultoria:
  • nas áreas dos usuários da terra
  • Em centros permanentes
Descreva/comentários:

-

4.3 Fortalecimento da instituição (desenvolvimento organizacional)

As instituições foram fortalecidas ou estabelecidas através da abordagem?
  • Sim, significativamente
Especifique a que nível (níveis) as instituições foram fortalecidas ou estabelecidas:
  • Local
Descreva instituição, papéis e responsabilidades, membros, etc.

All land users (from the Palaung hilltribe) have been selected as members to promote and implement organic Chinese tea plantation with their awareness to maintain and take care of conservation measures for sustainable use of this land.

Especifique o tipo de apoio:
  • Financeiro
  • budget in repair structure
Dê mais detalhes:

The Angkhang station gives a support budget to repair the bench terrace about 500 baht per rai.

4.4 Monitoramento e avaliação

Monitoramento e avaliação são partes da abordagem?

Sim

Comentários:

Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station set up a monitoring and evaluation programme for the Chinese tea cultivation under bench terraces.

Caso afirmativo, esta documentação é destinada a ser utilizada para monitoramento e avaliação?

Sim

Comentários:

-

4.5 Pesquisa

A pesquisa foi parte da abordagem?

Não

5. Financiamento e apoio material externo

5.2 Apoio financeiro/material concedido aos usuários da terra

Os usuários da terra receberam apoio financeiro/material para a implementação de tecnologia/tecnologias?

Sim

Caso afirmativo, especifique tipo(s) de apoio, condições e fornecedor(es):

LDD support with the supply of vetiver grass slips and technology to maintain the terrace including support the budget to repair terraces at 500 baht per rai per year.

5.3 Subsídios para entradas específicas (incluindo mão-de-obra)

  • Mão-de-obra
Em que medida Especifique os subsídios
Parcialmente financiado Maintain and repair budget around 500 baht per rai.
Se a mão-de-obra pelos usuários da terra foi uma entrada substancial, isso foi:
  • Voluntário
Comentários:

-

5.4 Crédito

Foi concedido crédito segundo a abordagem para atividades de GST?

Sim

Especifique as condições (taxa de juros, reembolso, etc):

No interest

Especifique os fornecedores de crédito:

Cooperatives of Angkaung Royal Agricultural Station support in production materials

Especifique os destinatários do crédito:

All land users are members of this cooperatives.

5.5 Outros incentivos ou instrumentos

Foram utilizados outros incentivos ou instrumentos para promover a implementação das tecnologias de GST?

Não

6. Análise de impactos e declarações finais

6.1 Impactos da abordagem

A abordagem auxiliou os usuários da terra a implementar e manter as tecnologias de GST?
  • Não
  • Sim, pouco
  • Sim, moderadamente
  • Sim, significativamente

Almost land users are good in maintaining and repairing this terrace system.

A abordagem melhorou a coordenação e a implementação economicamente eficiente da GST?
  • Não
  • Sim, pouco
  • Sim, moderadamente
  • Sim, significativamente

They collaborate closely with local officers.

A abordagem aprimorou o conhecimento e as capacidades dos usuários da terra para implementar a GST?
  • Não
  • Sim, pouco
  • Sim, moderadamente
  • Sim, significativamente

They cannot construct this terrace by themselves, but can maintain and repair the damaged areas. They know and understand the benefit and effectiveness of this measure.

A abordagem melhorou as questões de posse de terra/diretos do usuário que inibiam a implementação das tecnologias de GST?
  • Não
  • Sim, pouco
  • Sim, moderadamente
  • Sim, significativamente

They cannot have right in land ownership but they have rights in land tenure and utilize this land for Chinese tea in Plot 2000.

A abordagem resultou em uso/fontes de energia mais sustentável?
  • Não
  • Sim, pouco
  • Sim, moderadamente
  • Sim, significativamente

This bench terrace and other land management practices are firmly sustainable for Chinese tea production.

6.2 Principal motivação dos usuários da terra para implementar a GST

  • Produção aumentada

Harvest of Chinese tea 5-6 times/year and generate more income for land users.

  • Degradação do solo reduzida

This bench terrace system is effective in reducing soil erosion, runoff and preserving soil fertility and quality.

  • Afiliação a movimento/projeto/grupo/rede

Angkaung Royal Agriculture station set up project of promotion and development.

6.3 Atividades de sustentabilidade de abordagem

Os usuários da terra podem manter o que foi implementado através da abordagem (sem apoio externo)?
  • Incerto
Caso negativo ou incerto, especifique e comente:

All land users need to work within the guideline of this project, maintain and repair the terrace, take care of Chinese tea until the period of harvest, and also soil and land fertility improvement.

6.4 Pontos fortes/vantagens da abordagem

Pontos fortes/vantagens/oportunidades na visão do usuário da terra
The continuous bench terrace is a highly effective measure to slow down runoff, and thus reduces soil erosion.
This system would reduce the amount of fertilizer application, as organic matter and plant nutrients still stay in the sloping area.
All land users can produce more agricultural products, thus will receive more income.
Pontos fortes/vantagens/oportunidades na visão do compilador ou de outra pessoa capacitada
The bench terrace increases the amount of water to store in the soil, while the excessive amount of rain would gradually drain through the waterway.
This technology would reduce the amount of fertilizer application as it prevents plant nutrients from escaping from the area.
All land users can improve their life quality from increasing agricultural products/income.

6.5 Pontos fracos, desvantagens da tecnologia e formas de superá-los

Pontos fracos/desvantagens/riscos na visão do usuário da terra Como eles podem ser superados?
The cost for constructing continuous bench terraces is very high. It is possible only when the government and local officers support these activities.
The system needs expert in design and implementation. Local government officers (LDD) support and perform these activities.
When the structure of bench terraces is damaged. Local government officers (LDD) will help in doing the repair.
Pontos fracos/vantagens/riscos na visão do compilador ou de outra pessoa capacitada Como eles podem ser superados?
The cost for constructing bench terraces is very high, heavy machines are needed. Government and local officers support these activities.
The system needs expert in doing the design and implementation. Local government officers (LDD) support and perform these activities.
When the structure of bench terraces is damaged by heavy rain, runoff and other events. Local government officers (LDD) support its reparation.

7. Referências e links

7.1 Métodos/fontes de informação

  • visitas de campo, pesquisas de campo

3

  • entrevistas com usuários de terras

1

  • entrevistas com especialistas em GST

2

  • compilação de relatórios e outra documentação existente

1

7.2 Referências às publicações disponíveis

Título, autor, ano, ISBN:

-

Disponível de onde? Custos?

-

7.3 Links para informação relevante que está disponível online

Título/ descrição:

การทำขั้นบันไดดินเพื่อการอนุรักษ์ดินและน้ำในพื้นที่ป่าต้นน้ำลำธาน (ความลาดชัน 35-60%)

URL:

http://www.dnp.go.th/watershed/ ส่วนอำนวยการ/จัดทำระบบอนุรักษ์ดินและน้ำ โครงการทำขั้นบันไดดิน.pdf

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