FARMERS

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The Central plains area is the area around Bangkok. It is often called the rice attic of Thailand as there are three rice harvest per year.

Fish ponds

This huge fish pond is one kilometer long! It includes ten thousands fishes. The owner catches fishes once a week. Target is for his own consumption and for selling also. Due to hot weather, many fishes sometimes die due to lack of oxygen.

This pump is used to add oxygen into the fish ponds and to avoid fishes to die during the hot season.

Fish ponds contain vegetables herb for fish to eat also.

Some people build fish ponds close to their home to be able to survey easily their fishes. It often causes mosquitoes proliferation.

This device beats the water to create bubbles and oxygen. it is mandatory to avoid fish death especially during the hot season.

Many Burmese people are working in Nakhon Pathom province. Many of them are involved in seafood business, i.e. in local markets, factories or shrimp fields to catch them in early morning (ลากุ่ง).

Burmese women are easily recognized as most of them still wear traditional dresses (ผ้าถุง) and special powder on each cheek. Many Burmese people can speak Thai so it is easy to communicate.

Another pump used to transfer water from the canal network to the fish pond.

Some farmers have little business with a single fish pond. Some farmers have big business with huge fish farm and thousands of fishes in big ponds.

Shrimp ponds

Some fields now include shrimp ponds (นากุ้ง) as shrimp price is much higher than rice and has a good value to sell abroad.

A shrimp pond can contain up to 20,000 shrimps.

A pump can be rented 500 THB a day. Petrol has to be paid by the farmer. The pond has to be emptied from time to time for cleaning.

Many farmers changed from rice farmer activities to fish / shrimp pond activities due to rice low price concerns.

Cultivation

Some local villagers are growing vegetables and herbs on canals. Wood poles prevent the vegetables to follow the stream!

Some local villagers are growing vegetables on canals. Then villagers will sell them on the local markets.

Some pieces of land are reworked for cultures needing a lot of water such as fruits. There is wnough space between each piece of land for a small boat to navigate and to irrigate the cultures.

Some local villagers are growing vegetables and herbs on canals. Wood poles prevent the vegetables to follow the stream!

Those small pieces of land are very fertile with small fruit trees or vegetables growing there.

Some local villagers are growing vegetables or plants on canals. Farmers will sell them to the local market.

Mango is a popular fruit in Thailand. It is used in many delicious desserts.

Thai Mangoes trees need a lot of water. It needs 100 liters a week.

Some fruits are individually wrappred to avoid birds to eat them.

Thanks to developped canal networks, Thai farmers have enough water for demanding cultures.

Countryside

Coconut tree diseases do haooen also in Thailand. Local farmers call them "grey hair coconut disease".

Sunset over a serene landscape in Nakhon Pathom countryside with cultivations over the water.

Farmers pictures

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