Fertilizer Policy with Ways of Conservative Rice Cultivation

Abstract

Rice is an export product of Thailand in agricultural sector which is acceptable in the international market. Every government’s policies are all about supporting rice farming, but policy on fertilizer for agriculture is not as concrete as it should be because of the cost factor of expensive fertilizers and the effects on chemical accumulation in soil and agricultural products. The government has adopted a policy of promoting sustainability by focusing on organic agriculture to provide an alternative way to use fertilizers that do not destroy soil and do not contain residues in agricultural products. The government has developed a way to improve organic fertilizer for farmers, preparing to accommodate changes on the plots affecting the agricultural sectors in the future by enforcing three phases of rice farming: urgent period, continuous period, and sustainable period. The target farmers, as the center of management and work at all levels, should have clear responsibilities, emphasize driving policy to action, and accelerate the promotion of the production of four types of organic fertilizers i.e. compost, fresh manure, rice plowing and rice crop, and bio-fermented water.