Huay Nam Rin Royal Project Development Center

History

The center started its work in 1982 with the aims to improve hill tribe people in the area as well as to decrease opium poppy cultivation and shifting cultivation. In the beginning, the Royal Project Foundation did many studies on how to make the hill tribes accept other alternative crops such as vegetable, fruit, leather leaf fern and temperate crops to replace opium poppy cultivation. In February 1984, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visited Baan Huay Nam Rin and saw how much the area was developed by the center. Her visit was motivating the villagers to accept and continue the initiative on temperate crop cultivation and self-sufficient living.

Terrain

The area is mountainous covering the area of 12,419 rai or 4,910 acres

Altitude

400 - 1,100 เมตร meters above sea level 

Average Temperature

23 degree Celsius 

Population

There are three main hill tribes: Lahu, Karen together with lowland people more than 3,251 people residing in 4 villages and 7 communities. 


Operation

Aiming at generating sustainable income and improving better life quality of local farmers, Huay Nam Rin Royal Project Development Center focuses on developing and promoting alternative crop cultivation mainly flower, foliage tree, field crop and coffee based on Food Safety Standards such as Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). Moreover, the center provides supports to strengthening the community, saving group establishment, natural resources and environmental restoration and conservation, reforestation project known as “Three Forests, Four Benefits”, soil and water conservation by vetiver grass cultivation, chemical use reduction campaign, and environmental contamination monitoring campaign. The center also becomes a learning center on highland agriculture for students, farmers and other interested people.

Main Products

French bean, carrot, baby carrot, Chinese cabbage, kailaan, mixed salad, passion fruit, avocado, cape gooseberry, leather leaf fern, Davallia fejeensis, Staghorn fern, Chrysanthemum, Liatris spicata, Pussy willow, Ornithogalum, hemp, red kidney bean and Azuki bean.

Location

136 Moo 8, Mae Chedi Mai Sub-district, Wiang Pa Pao District, Chiang Rai 57260 (Tel: 08 1030 6417)

  huainamrin@royalproject.org

ดาวน์โหลด

ดาวนโหลดข้อมูล (pdf) :
 Huay Nam Rin Royal Project Development Center Data.



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