{"id":1035,"date":"2025-11-06T16:10:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/?page_id=1035"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:17:17","slug":"15-2-5-sustainable-management-of-land-for-agriculture-educational-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/?page_id=1035","title":{"rendered":"15.2.5 Sustainable management of land for agriculture (educational outreach)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Walai Rukhavej Botanical Research Institute, Mahasarakham University (MSU)<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>organize educational outreach for sustainable management of land for agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. The project of land development for organic rice, herb, and crop production at WRBRI is carried out by MSU in collaboration with the Earth Safe Foundation for the sustainable use of the land (started 2021-present). On November 19, 2024, Harvesting rice in an organic rice field, following the traditional farming lifestyle of the Isan people. This harvest was meticulously carried out to select the best rice varieties for preservation and planting the following year. A total of 25 participants were involved in the activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news was published via Facebook in this link :  <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.asia\/yTIY5\">https:\/\/shorturl.asia\/yTIY5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. On Monday, February 12, 2024, at the Sufficiency Garden, Na Dun Field Station, the Walairukhavej Botanical Research Institute (WRBRI) and its community network initiated organic farming practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They applied manure to the rice fields to prepare the soil for the upcoming planting season. This was held under the banner of the activity, '3rd Lunar Day of the 3rd Month: Wisdom Unlocks the Sky, Wisdom of the Isan Land.'<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event included traditional weather forecasting based on listening to the sound of thunder, which is a traditional signal for the start of the rice farming season. Mr. Boonma Pomyayab, a local community philosopher (Praj), from Ban Po Phan, Phra That Sub-district, Na Dun District, Maha Sarakham Province, provided the knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This rice field is cultivated using traditional, chemical-free methods. A total of 30 participants were involved in the activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news was published via Facebook in this link : <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.asia\/ZPUjC\">https:\/\/shorturl.asia\/ZPUjC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-56.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-56.png 772w, https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-56-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-56-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-56-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-83.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-83.png 752w, https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-83-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-84.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-84.png 752w, https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-84-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-82.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1029\" style=\"width:417px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-82.png 821w, https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-82-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-82-768x134.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walai Rukhavej Botanical Research Institute, Mahasarakh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1035","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1041,"href":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035\/revisions\/1041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walai.msu.ac.th\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}