Organics

Ms. Puth Khiev is an active young women farmer of project on Development of Natural-Based Integrated Farming Model for Adaptation to Climate Change in Tbaung Khmum province. She is 34 years old and has one daughter who lives in Vihear Khpos village, Sangkat Suong, Suong district, Tbong Khmom province. Her husband serves as construction worker at the city. She was selected to be a farmer beneficiary for the project since June 2015.

The organic standard is modular-based standard consisting of: (i) General farm management: Requirements that should be first complied with to gain certification, (ii) Scope Module: Specific requirements related to specific types of products (crops, livestock, aquaculture, and beekeeping) and to specific operators (producer, processor, and distributor) for each sector to comply with, and (iii) Special Module: Specific requirements for particular products, such as the products or commercial inputs.

The project aims at strengthening organic agriculture communities and production chain in Thailand by setting up Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) as an alternative and complementary tool to third-party certification within the organic sector and advocates for the recognition of PGS by the market and government. PGS are locally focused quality assurance systems. They certifying producers based on active participation of stakeholders and are built on a foundation of trust, social networks and knowledge exchange.