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GRA field team were so happy that we worked closely with the Population and Community Development (PDA) in Buriram to promote Jatropha and ran a workshop with farmers on June 6-7 and we signed up over 50 villagers and already secured 60 rai for planting with 15,000 seedlings. Subsequent meetings in Lamplaimad and Nangrong secured 40
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GRA staffs were so enjoyed to see some Jatropha fruits were ready to harvest at Chateau De Loei. We started to harvest some fruits this month and expect to get more seeds in coming month. This fruits will be cleaned and removed all flesh then left all seeds to dry out and be ready to extract oil at our factory in Buriram!!
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The Sustainable and Alternative Energy Workshop with students and villagers in Puttisong, Buriram Province was organized by Population and Development Association (PDA) Nangrong Center. GRA host one station and one presentation about Jatropha as biodiesel. After this workshop, more collaboration will be made in the future to expand more
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This March 2012 GRA had a chance to join many workshops regards to Jatropha Promotion as well as welcome Population Development Association (PDA) to visit Loei Office and Station as well as to visit other partners regards to Jatropha Extension and Promotion Program.
Some conferences and workshops aim to answer the needs to fight with
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Since last month, Danny and Sue worked so hard to prepare the proposal (FOREST SEED) to submit to the Governor of Savannakhet Province. Our new staff Ms. Lee also helped to translate and edit proposal in Lao Language to develop conservation project in Savannakhet, Laos PDR. We were so happy that we can submit the proposal and aim to move
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Another trip to Savannakhet for project developing and to celebrate New Year with nice people here. The Savannakhet Governor and Department of Tourism to join their New Year Festival as well as to celebrate “Miss Savannakhet Beauty Pageant 2011” invited GRA team with warm hospitality. This event is the biggest event in Savannakhet
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The trip to Savannakhet, Laos P.D.R. to develop conservation with sustainable development project was made in December 2011. Green Rai team with Mr. Yai as a consultant went to visit many people as well as joined the forest survey. We were so lucky that they had the most important merit event at the time of our visit. Not only learning
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Our work is moving on there in Loei Province. Not only travel around Northeastern region to promote jatropha as the renewable energy plant, we also plant our own Jatropha trees in the demonstration site at the office in Loei.
In addition, Warin, our Jatropha Project Manager joined the Energy Festival of Northern Thailand in Phrae
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GRA welcomed a guest visits from Lufthansa to visit factory and Jatropha Plantation in Chonburi. We aimed for more collaboration in the future.
Furthermore, GRA staff also went to Savannakhet, Laos. Green Rai team joins closely with Savannakhet Province to develop a project there to protect pristine forest and also improve their
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Green Rai Agro visits Savannakhet, Laos to survey as much as 8,400 hectares of pristine, natural rainforest and to discuss with the Governor, Dr. Souphanh Keomixay, how to protect and preserve the rainforest through environmental education programs, carbon programs, eco-tourism and job creation. We were part of an economic development
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GRA Team went to visit the tentative planting sites both at Chateau De Loei to check Jatropha plantation. GRA will collaborate with Chateau De Loei. Another site visit was made in Phetchaboon for Jatropha plantation with great hospitality from Dr. Krasae Chanawong.
The next and wonderful event was when GRA joined the of “Energy
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Green Rai Agro signed up three schools in Udon Thani (Bankong, Banpuen, and Banyuak) to participate in our pilot Jatropha School Program to support underprivileged rural schools generate income and educate kids. GRA provides the schools with materials and know-how and guarantees to buy all harvested seeds to ensure the schools with a
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Long Live the King! This self-sufficiency Integrated Farming Center is under King’s project and there are 57 centers all over the country..
Amazing and pleasant trip to Loei to move forward about Jatropha project was made in May. Danny and Sue, GRA team from Bangkok went up there to catch up with Warin to update current situation and
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GRA visited “Self Sufficient Alternative Energy Learning Center” in Buriram on 27 April, 2011. This pilot program aims to raising awareness regards to Alternative and clean Energy. The center has many stations which are including solar energy, wind power, biogas, biodiesel from jatropha and involves with organic farming under King’s
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Wander Land in WonderLoei
Wander trip in Wonder Loei province, Thailand during the trip in March and April with Green Rai Agro team which was involved with tree planting, meet the farmers, site visit, and school program in Loei and Udornthani. Furthermore, the co-operation with government and non-government officers were the crucial part
