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Image caption: Mr. Charnkit Triratananont (center) speaks with local officials and participants during the launch activities of the Four-Region Professional Agricultural Skills Development Project in Chanthaburi Province. The initiative delivers hands-on training across Thailand\u2019s agricultural regions in partnership with ARDA and the King Rama IX Agricultural Museum.<\/em><\/p>\n
The program opened with a hands-on course in Chanthaburi Province on \u201cMapeed Orange: From Cultivation to Value-Added Products.\u201d More than 130 participants, including Village Fund executives and local farmers, attended the session. Mr. Charnkit Triratananont, Director of the National Village and Urban Community Fund Office, opened the program and said Village Funds must do more than provide credit.<\/p>\n
\u201cVillage Funds must become active mechanisms for community development,\u201d Triratananont said. \u201cWhen members gain specialized skills and access to research-based methods, they can generate steadier income and reduce dependence on single crops or seasonal price swings. Our goal is practical capability that produces measurable economic results.\u201d<\/p>\n
Operating under a memorandum of understanding among the three organizations, the project delivers intensive workshops covering production techniques, farm management, post-harvest handling, and processing methods. The approach is tailored to the main crops of each region.<\/p>\n After the Central Region pilot, the program will expand as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n Each module targets crops that already have market recognition but face constraints in consistency, processing capacity, or price realization. The Chanthaburi course addresses the full chain for Mapeed orange, aiming to shift more of the crop from fresh sales into higher-value processed forms.<\/p>\n Thailand\u2019s Village Fund system, established more than two decades ago, provides community-level financing across thousands of villages and urban communities. The current initiative uses that existing network as a delivery platform for technical skills.<\/p>\n Mr. Charnkit Triratananont emphasized the practical focus. \u201cThe purpose is not simply to transfer knowledge,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is to enable farmers and communities to convert that knowledge into additional income streams, stronger livelihoods, and greater self-reliance.\u201d<\/p>\n Implementation will continue through successive regional training rounds, with follow-up support coordinated through the Village Fund network and the partner institutions.<\/p>\n ABOUT THE NATIONAL VILLAGE AND URBAN COMMUNITY FUND OFFICE<\/strong><\/p>\n The Office oversees Thailand\u2019s community-level fund system, which provides financing and development support to villages and urban communities nationwide. Learn more at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/villagefundFB<\/a><\/p>\n ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (ARDA)<\/strong><\/p>\n ARDA is a public organization responsible for agricultural research, technology development, and the transfer of practical knowledge to farmers and related stakeholders.<\/p>\n![\"Mr.](\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/26-1113-s2p-Triratananont02-800x600.jpg\")
Image caption: Mr. Charnkit Triratananont, Director of the National Village and Urban Community Fund Office, discusses plant variety information with participants during a field visit at the Learning Center in Chanthaburi Province as part of the Four-Region Professional Agricultural Skills Development Project. The session focused on practical cultivation knowledge for local crops.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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Image caption: Mr. Charnkit Triratananont, Director of the National Village and Urban Community Fund Office, at the project site in Chanthaburi Province. He leads the Four-Region Professional Agricultural Skills Development Project aimed at strengthening practical farming skills and income opportunities for Village Fund members and farmers.<\/em><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/26-1113-s2p-Charnkit-300dpi.webp<\/a><\/p>\nImage caption: Mr. Charnkit Triratananont (center) speaks with local officials and participants during the launch activities of the Four-Region Professional Agricultural Skills Development Project in Chanthaburi Province. The initiative delivers hands-on training across Thailand\u2019s agricultural regions in partnership with ARDA and the King Rama IX Agricultural Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHANTHABURI, Thailand, Nov. 13, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The National Village and Urban Community Fund Office (VF) has launched a multi-region agricultural skills program with the Agricultural Research Development Agency (ARDA) and the King Rama IX Agricultural Museum (KRAM). The “Four-Region Professional Agricultural Skills Development Project” focuses on full value-chain training to raise product quality, improve processing, and increase local incomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10410,"featured_media":140067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,12804,1,559,10723],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-products-news","category-thailand-business","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":275,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140118"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140123,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140118\/revisions\/140123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/26-1113-s2p-Charnkit-300dpi.webp\"){kind=link}