Report of the Round Table Discussion : Symposium Session Assessment and General Observations

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Overview of the Fifth CMU-KU Joint Symposium

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The Holistic Components 0f Cattle Production for Solving the Haze In Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai air pollution has persisted in crisis for more than a decade. This issue continues to exist owing to the government has failed in addressing related policies and/or explicit solutions to cope with adopting carrier of farmers. This research found that farmers are familiar with cattle raising because this has been an important part of the country since ancient times. Therefore, cattle production is not only safe economically but also sound indigenously and ecologically. This research was conducted in Mae Chaem District’s Ban Thab Sub-districts of Chiang Mai, where slash and burn corn has been dominant for maize plantation. Participatory Action Research (PAR) was implemented throughout interviewing and observing to collect data from 14 farmers in the selected area. Then the data was analyzed by the inductive approach and descriptive statistics to identify essential components for the sustainability of cattle production. Results yield by the participants indicate that cattle production is the potential to replace slash and burn for monoculture due to its advantages.</jats:p

The Increase in Production Efficiency of Hydroponic Salad (A Case Study Of Green Oakleaf Lettuce)

Abstract The trend of growing hydroponic salad has been increasingly popular because consumers are more concerned about health nowadays. There are several kinds of salad. However, green Oakleaf lettuce was studied in this research because the smart farm in Mae On, Chiang Mai which was the farm in this case study grew green Oakleaf lettuce on 70 percent of its land. The problems found on the farm were: 1. there was no criteria of quality level of green Oakleaf lettuce production, 2. there was no efficient system of controlling factors which caused poor quality of green Oakleaf lettuce production. The solutions to the problems mentioned above were: 1. the criteria of quality level of green Oakleaf lettuce were set by taking green Oakleaf lettuce randomly from Nong Hoi Royal Project Foundation to measure its weight, diameter, height, the number of its leaves, and leaf area. All physical characteristics of green Oakleaf lettuce were analyzed to find the relations among them and the hypothesis was tested. The finding revealed that the weight was significantly associated with all other characteristics at the level of 0.05. Therefore, the weight was used to set up criteria and they were as follows: A grade level for lettuce weighed more than 200 grams, B grade level was between 150 and 200 grams, and C grade level weighed from 50 to 150 grams. After that, these criteria were utilized to divide the quality level of green Oakleaf lettuce on the smart farm in Mae On, Chiang Mai. The result was that 72.1 percent of green Oakleaf lettuce was A grade level, 27.9 percent was B grade level, and 4.65 percent was C grade level. 2. factors affecting the growth of lettuce were studied by using the quality control principles. The finding showed that the solution with greater than 25C had an effect on the growth of lettuce of 17.79 percent, water had an effect of 16.11 percent, nutrients had an effect of 13.56 percent, temperature higher than 25C in a greenhouse had an effect of 11.01%, diseases and bugs had an effect of 10.17%, air had an effect of 10.17 percent, seeds had an effect of 9.32%, light had an effect of 8.47%, and others had an effect of 3.39%.</jats:p

The Building a Brand and Participation in Decreased Tackling Haze effects and Particulate matter Less Than 2.5 Micron (PM2.5) A Case Study: A Group of Students of Yupparaj Wittayalai School, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

The haze problem and particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) in Northern Thailand caused by climate change is directly impacted and indirectly impacted people. In the area is affected by the haze problem and particulate matter (PM2.5) the climate change is health effects of population, As reported by “Air Quality and Pollution City Ranking” on 12 March 2019 The world air-quality index in Chiang Mai province, as the ‘Rose of the North’ hit top of the scale as the worst polluted city in the world. The air quality index (AQI) hitting a staggering 271 with a diameter of fewer than 2.5 micrometers ranges from 170 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m³) exceeding the safety standard of 50 µg/m³ or lower. The pollution is nasty in Chiang Mai, North Thailand, therefore it is necessary to create understanding and awareness of the haze problem and particulate matter in Chiang Mai province. This research is conducted by focusing on Mathayomsuksa 1 students include 40 people who are a group of students of Yupparaj Wittayalai School, Chiang Mai province, Thailand by exploring the understanding Organize activities to create awareness and participation in reducing the impact of the haze problem and particulate matter through the system “STEM EDUCATION”. The results of the activity evaluation made it known that students know the effects of haze problem and particulate matter with an average of 4.46 standard deviations equal to 0.59. As for the awareness and participation in reducing the impact of the haze problem and particulate matter through the STEM EDUCATION system, the average value is 3.5, the standard deviation is 0.72. In the overall picture, the mean is 4.18. The standard is 0.65. The level of satisfaction towards training on raising awareness of the haze problem and particulate matter is at a high level. Referring to my previous information, the researcher will develop tools and applications to create awareness and participation in reducing the impact of the haze problem and participate in matter for students in other schools.</jats:p

The Creation of Perception and Collaboration in Decreasing The Effects of Climate Change through Stem Education

Abstract The aim of this research was to study environmental catastrophes caused by climate change in northern Thailand, which have had a direct impact on people’s health, their quality of life, and the economy. It was found that the smog caused by forest fires, open-air burning, and smog emissions from vehicles has been the problems in northern Thailand. Furthermore, the level of particulate matter smaller than 10 microns (PM10) could rise to 383 micrograms per cubic meter of air in some years. This level exceeded by three times the air quality standards of Thailand with a 24-hour average level of 120 micrograms per cubic meter of air. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to study and develop the instruments, methods, and implementations in reducing the effects of climate change by constructing perception and collaboration in decreasing the effects of climate change through STEM Education with undergraduate students. The participants of this study were 67 students majoring in Industrial and Technological Education at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University who had the pre-service student teaching practicum experience in the academic year 2018. The participants of this study could be role models for knowledge management and publicize the knowledge of reducing catastrophic effects of smog among primary and secondary school students, school staff and communities and give aid when an emergency occurred. There were 40 schools in northern Thailand participating in this research project. With reference to the research findings, they revealed that before participating in this research project, the 67 students had knowledge of catastrophes caused by climate change in northern Thailand at a level of 45 percent on average, while their knowledge increased to 88 percent after taking part in this project. In other words, their knowledge increased by 43 percent or there was a significant increase in knowledge to 95 percent. It can be concluded that the students in this study could create a role model of knowledge management, distribute information on how to decrease catastrophe from the smog, and give help efficiently to the 40 schools participating in this research project when there was an emergency (without significant difference).</jats:p