Technology Transfer for Off-season Mahachanok Mango Production of Nong Bua Fruit Tree and Mango Community Enterprise, Kalasin Province, Thailand
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The Nong Bua Fruit Tree and Mango Community Enterprise, located in Nong Kung Si District, Kalasin Province, Thailand is a small farmer group focused on producing mangoes for export as a supplementary income source. However, the group's yield has been consistently lower than demand. To address this issue, we implemented a technology transfer initiative aimed at off-season Mahachanok mango production involving 21 farmers from the community enterprise. The process included four key stages: 1) planning, implementing and receiving knowledge transfer to solve problems by transferring technology for producing out-of-season Mahachanok mangoes, study tour and construction of demonstration plots; 2) bringing knowledge to actual practice in demonstration plots and individual plots; 3) supervising and following up on off-season production of Mahachanok mango in demonstration plots and individual plots; and 4) summarizing lessons learned after practice. As a result of this initiative, the community enterprise members revised their production plans, including pruning in March, altering paclobutrazol application, and adjusting fertilizer schedules. A total of 23.8% of the community enterprise members adopted the new knowledge. The average yield per farmer increased to 50 fruits per tree. The demonstration plot achieved a 60% success rate in off-season Mahachanok mango production, with 3 farmers (14.3% of participants) successfully producing off-season mangoes. Additionally, the initiative strengthened the community enterprise's network of Mahachanok mango producers.
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