Sangyod Rice, Phatthalung City

have special features

It is a rice cultivar that has a red seed coat.

Brown rice when cooked is slightly soft.

As for the uncooked rice, when cooked, it is soft... It is the first rice variety in Thailand that has been registered for geographical indication.

(Geographical Indication: GI) from the Department of Intellectual Property on June 23, 2006.

Currently, there is a total cultivable area of ​​​​19,655 rai, yielding 7,976 tons per year, an average of 402 kg per rai, and 4,137 farmers registered with the Department of Agricultural Extension have a total planting area in 11 districts, but the main planting sites are in 3 districts: Khuan Khanun, Pak Phayun and Bon forest, which farmers will plant during August-September, harvest the produce from January-February.

But there are 102 GI farmers, with a total planting area of ​​632 rai, and 6 Sangyod rice operators who have been certified to use the GI logo.

Office of Agricultural Economics 9 Songkhla (SorThor. 9) studied the guidelines for product development of Sangyod Muang Phatthalung GI rice products of 29 sample groups of farmers who used rice seed sprayer and fertilizer technology in rice production.

Compared with 33 farmers who did not use technology to produce rice in Khuan Khanun District, Pak Phayun District and Mueang District.

It was found that the farmers who used the technology of spraying rice seeds and fertilizers

resulting in good production efficiency, increased yield per rai

Able to distribute rice seeds and fertilizers throughout the cultivated area.

as well as to control the amount of use and save time

As a result, farmers have a total yield of 924 tons per year, an average of 389 kg per rai per year.

While farmers who do not use this technology

The total yield is 695 tons per year, averaging 345 kg per rai per year.

shows that

Farmers who use sprayer technology to produce rice have a yield per rai of more than 11%.

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