Poverty is affecting coconut farmers who are abandoning their farms and traditional practices to move to the cities for lucrative jobs. The Chaipattana Foundation addresses this issue to improve farmers’ livelihoods by preserving and promoting coconut cider vinegar and other traditional products. Through research, interviews, surveys, and observations our team discovered that the more effective strategies used by a learning center, the better the overall experience for visitors. We formed recommendations to improve the coconut learning center and created and developed materials for coconut cider vinegar. The increased revenue from the coconut cider vinegar will allow coconut farmers to support their families and revitalize the coconut industry in Amphawa, Thailand.

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Creator

• Bachli, Sarah Elizabeth
• Wheeler, Alexandra
• Baranowski, Olivia A
• Cafarelli, Emily Claire

Subject

• Industry
• Environment
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-022818-225921

Palavra-chave

• Food security
• Community development
• Farm management

Advisor

• Boucher-Yip, Esther
• Taylor, Steven S.

Year

• 2018

Center

• Bangkok, Thailand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• The Chaipattana Foundation

Date created

• 2018-02-28

Localização

• Bangkok

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright