RD&E Co-Research Contract Signing Ceremony
On 11 August 2022, Mr. Sumet Tantivejkul, Member and Secretary-General of the Chaipattana Foundation, Mr. Boonchai Bencharongkul, Chairman of Total Access Communications (DTAC), and Mr. Chai Wutiwiwatchai, Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), presided over the RD&E Co-Research Contract Signing Ceremony of Smart Agriculture House Research Project, the Case Study of Lingzhi Mushroom Cultivation at Chaipattana Foundation’s Research and Development Project Phase II on Highland Agriculture in Pong Nam Ron Sub-district, Fang District, Chiang Mai Province. The Ceremony was organized at the Office of Chaipattana Foundation.
The Chaipattana Foundation by the Research and Development Project on Highland Agriculture has been cooperating with Total Access Communications, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, and Lingzhi mushroom production’s consultant, in order to set up the Smart Agriculture House Research Project, the Case Study of Lingzhi Mushroom, since 2019. The objective is to study the suitable condition of Lingzhi mushroom cultivation. The 1st phase of MoU was signed on 4 November 2020.
All parties have been working hard altogether to conduct experiments and develop equipment to create a virtual environment inside the greenhouse as close as possible to the real environment since the first experiment in winter of 2019.
From the said experiment, it found that the Project could not provide yields in the 1st year of winter. In the 2nd year, it could provide yields but not as expected. In the 3rd year, it could provide yields as to the required qualification. In the 4th year, it is expected to increase quality and quantity of Lingzhi mushroom equivalent to the yields obtained from growing in natural environment; therefore, this leads to the signing of the cooperation phase II this time.
