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The paper examines: 1) utilization solar cell system for water supply and irrigation for vegetable cultivation, 2) the farmer’s economic change after participating the project and 3) the model of promoting organizations involved the project for sustainable development. Questionnaires and focus group had been used for collecting data. Four villages in Khon Kaen province, Northeast Thailand were study area and 135 farmers had been interviewed. Research period was July 2017-June 2018. Research found the water supply system for vegetable cultivation consisted of water pond, solar cell, submersible pump, water tank, water pipe and water meter. Before joining the project, water supply used electricity to pump water. Water costed 5 bath/cubic meter, after joining the project, water costed 2 bath/cubic meter. 135 farmers in 4 villages participated cultivated free-chemically vegetable occupied 100-150 square meters per member. They gained annual income from vegetable cultivation 26,563 baht and totally 3,586,758 bath/ year, while project cost for building water system was 3,238,000 bath. The research also found that a developing model of promoting organizations involved in solar cell project was four main organizations involved: 1) Private sector and NGO : Coca Cola and Population and Community Development Association, 2) Markets : Tesco lotus department store, local markets 3) Academic institution: Khon Kaen University and 4) People organization: Farmer group.
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In-Text Citation: (Taweekul, 2020)
To Cite this Article: Taweekul, K. (2020). Farmer’s Economic Change after Participating Vegetable Cultivation Using Solar Cell Supported by Private Sector. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 10(11), 1076-1083.
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