Our team performed a comparison of crop rotation and integrated terrace farming in highland areas of Nan Province for the Raks Thai Foundation. Farmers have begun to transition from detrimental rotation methods to more sustainable integrated terrace farming, but face barriers such as lack of knowledge about new methods and debt. The comparison is intended to support efforts to persuade farmers to switch farming methods. Our recommendations focused on ways farmers can overcome barriers to adopting integrated terrace farming.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Barrett, Connor Eli
• Khazal, Zahra S.
• Quartararo, Robyn N.
• Molica, Gregory A.

Subject

• Sustainability
• Learning
• Environment
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030316-232824

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Farm management
• Agriculture
• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects

Advisor

• Nikitina, Svetlana
• Tuler, Seth

Year

• 2016

Center

• Bangkok, Thailand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Raks Thai Foundation

Date created

• 2016-03-03

Location

• Bangkok

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright