Bayer Thai highlights its smallholder farmers support to make good quality seeds to enhance the quality of life

The COVID-19 led to massive layoffs of workers in cities. Phairat Channoy was one of them. Working in Bangkok at the time, he decided to return to his home in Sakon Nakhon due to financial difficulties and was determined to make the full use of his 2-rai land. He started sowing chilly seeds and was not alone in his endeavor thanks to the advice from Bayer’s officers. After 3 years, he earns stable income, even better than when working in Bangkok. Meanwhile, expenses in Sakon Nakhon are much lower. Phairat believes that farming is the right choice for rural people who own some land. “Farming today is  different from the past, with new tools and knowledge that help reduce costs, as well as new technologies which I can learn in order to improve quality seeds and can gain more yield.” With tools and techniques that can save farmers’ energy and expenses aside from new knowledge,…