The smart farming by adopting the philosophy of the sufficiency economy: the case study of duck farm, Latkrabang, Thailand

Abstract

Focusing on agricultural business seems promising. Considering on environment and capability of most Thai farmers, smart Farm in Thailand should be household-based farming by using simple and economical feasible technology will generate income for households on sufficiency economy basis. The objectives of this study are to develop farming and knowledge dissemination about the smart farming by adopting the philosophy of the sufficiency economy in duck farm prototype. To develop technology need assessment of duck farm in alignment with the concept of smart farm was applied to the concept of smart farm in duck farm system. The overall area smart farm is 320 square meters. The smart duck farm in this study consists of automatic duck feeder, automatic watering and drainage system, automatic temperature and humidity control system, automatic open-close door system, and power supply system by solar cell. The capital cost of investment is approximately 306,500 baht and the net positive benefit is 4,757,982 baht within 1 years. At the core of the small farm businesses make decisions to adopt appropriate technologies with limitation of area that most farmer can use, maintain, and develop by themselves. The expectation of the smart farm in this study will lead farmer to do sustainable agriculture and farmers should own their agricultural enterprise with sufficient agriculture.