1. Promoting Farmers Cooperative Enterprisefor Certified Mungbean Seed Productionin Rice-based Cropping System In Nikom Sahakorn Sawankalok,Sukhothai province Project duration: June 2011 June 2012

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Department of Agriculture

Cooperative Promotion Department

ThaiKoRAA

Imprementing organization Funded by: RDA-Korea Budget: USD 3,400 (402,000 Baht) 3.

All year round rice farming

Outbreak of brown plant hopper

Insufficient irrigation water

Price instability

Solution: Replace dry season rice with

short duration crop as mungbean

Limitation: Insufficient seed source

Background 4. Seed production

1. Private sector : hybrid varieties

• Maize, sunflower, vegetables

• 2. Public sector:Self-pollinated crops

• Rice, soybean, mungbean, groundnut

Formal system 5. Planting area and seed supply CropPlanting area (ha) Seed demand (ton) Public sourceseed supply (%) Rice 16,635,192 600,000 17 Soybean 109,813 10,300 5 Mungbean 136,466 4,300 12 6. Mungbean production in Thailand Source: OAE, 2011 7. Newimproved varieties reach farmers through effective seed delivery system U thong 1 KPS 2 KPS 1 Improved Mungbean Variety Improved variety Farmer 8. (+) increase (-) decrease Benefits of using high-quality seed Source: Rice Department 2009 Phitsanulok Agricultural Research and Development Center, 2010 CropSeeding rate (%) Yield (%) Rice - 50.0 +10.0 Soybean -36.0 +57.5 Mungbean -26.7 +86.8 9. Mungbean seed production system Breeder FoundationRegisteredCertified DOADOA DOAE DOAE Past

Breeder FoundationRegisteredCertified

DOA DOA DOA CPD

Farmers

groups

Present 10. DOA Farmer CO-OP Farmer group PrivateSector Breeder Foundation Registered Certified seed Farmers 11. MOU between DOA, CPD, farmer group and private sectorfor soybean and munbean certified seed production 12. Promoting Farmers Cooperative Enterprisefor Certified Mungbean Seed Productionin Rice-based Cropping System in Nikom Sahakorn Sawankalok,Sukhothai province Project duration: June 2011 June 2012 Budget: USD 3,400 (402,000 Baht ) ThaiKoRAA Project 13. Objectives

Promote mungbean in rice-based cropping

Establish the certified seed enterprise in

farmer cooperatives

14. Profile of study area

Member: 1854

Professional group :12

Agricultural related activities

Certified rice seed production

Agricultural input supplier

Processing: white rice

15. Opportunity

Underground water is limited in drought years

Farmers experience BPH outbreak

Rice seed enterprise has been established

High demand of mungbean seed in this region

Strong support by the MOAC

16. Mungbean growing area 94% North 17. mm Farmer Rice Rice Rice Rainfall pattern RecommendedMB Rice Rice 18. Activities Date Activity June 2012 7. Report submission Dec- May 2012 6. Monitoring and evaluation Dec- May 2012 5. Data collection and analysis 27 Jan 2012 4. Field day Rice-Rice-Mungbean (12 farmers/123 rais) 5-10 Dec 2011 3. Mungbean certified seed production 1 Dec 2011 2. Training farmers: seed production technology 16 Nov 2011 1. Project preparation: Team meeting 19. Working plan 20. Field survey and site selection: 1 August 2011 21. Development of seed growers 22. Team meeting 23. Meeting with farmers 24. Mungbean seed production fields 25. ThaiKoRAA field visit: 27 November 2011 26. First field inspection 27. Future work plan 28. Field inspection 29. Seed production field 30. Harvesting period 31. Hand harvest 32. Field day 33. Seed drying 34. Seed cleaning 35. Seed certification 36. Seed testing 37. 38. 1. Benefits of rice-mungbean cropping is recognized => Sustainable agricultural production 2.Mungbean seed enterprise in CO-OPis established (Sawankalok model) Expected outcome 39. Expected seed supply *Rice Department **Department of Agriculture *** Under Rice-based cropping adjustment project of MOAC CropPlanting area (ha) Seed demand (ton) Public source seed supply (%) Expected 2012 (%) Rice 11,635,192 600,000 17 60* Soybean 109,813 10,300 5 30** Mungbean 136,466 4,300 12 82*** 40. Promoting the growth and development ofsmallholders seed enterprises is one ofthe keys to ensuring food security FAO, 2011