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From past to present, a shortage of water supply for agricultural activities has been a major problem facing Thai farmers. The
impact is severe for the agricultural areas which rely heavily on rainwater. Unfortunately, such areas where there is little precipitation constitute a predominant part of the country with mostly rice and field crop
farming being implemented. Such a condition limits farmers from carrying out their cultivation to only once a year during the rainy season. Moreover, farmers were exposed to high risks and damage due to adverse
environmental conditions of the soil, sky, climate, and inconsistent rainfall patterns. Although efforts have been made to counter water shortage problems, for example by digging ponds to store water, appropriate sizes
or systems have never been determined. There were still other factors which magnified the shortage of water such as unsystematically planned crop cultivation or monocropping farming systems. |
