Thanks to Amanda for sending us this photo of one of the exhibits at the Opium Museum at Chiang Saen, Thailand, which is in the middle of the Golden Triangle. A nice way of displaying variation in local knowledge about agricultural practices, in this case the cropping calendar. It was not accompanied, alas, by a similar display of differences in crop or variety menus, alas. But one can imagine how that too could be made rather attractive.
Nice to see all that traditional burning of forest. When will environmentalists accept that they get it badly wrong when they rubbish shifting cultivation? It is the best way of combining forest management with food production – and right across tropical forests people live in those lovely long-houses.
Nice image. I appreciate the art work of agriculture timings and methods given monthly wise in a proper image. When to cultivate, growing periods and maintenance described in a wonderful way. Actually preparing a chart for your own vegetable garden or fruit garden will be more useful as you will be having a guide when to and what to do.
Great picture of Socio Ag in Thailand. Thanks for putting this up!
My team and I are actually working on a Botany/Horticulture/Environmental Technology project over at http://www.i-bo-planet.com to help people around the world – those “less versed” in botany, gardening and horticulture – learn more, in an interactive way, about the wonderful plant and tree life that surrounds us daily. Most know so very little about these things and our goal is to educate so that through awareness, and maybe a little increased knowledge, we can help to save plant and tree species that so desperately need our attention.
Thanks for you posts and I look forward to see more of them as you write them.