SEAT-KU joins Eastern Thai Shrimp Festival

During 27 to 29 January 2012, the SEAT-KU team (Key, Jigsz, Mink and Doug) traveled to Chanthaburi province to participate in the Eastern Thai Shrimp Festival organised by the Eastern Thailand Shrimp Association and the Chanthaburi Shrimp Farmers' Club. We set up a booth to display the shrimp value chain posters (in Thai) and in the process also conducted one phase of the action research on the assessment of poster impact on various stakeholders. Those who stopped by the SEAT booth were requested to read the posters and answer the following questions:
1. Does the poster provide useful or interesting information?
2. Is the poster easy to understand?
3. Is it interesting to read/attractive?

Respondents were also asked regarding their occupation in relation to aquaculture, such as farmer, hatchery operator/technician, feed seller, input/service provider, trader, processor, student, researcher, among others. In addition, they were also requested to indicate the most interesting parts of the poster.

The next phase will involve contacting (face to face or by phone) those who signified that they wanted to participate in poster impact assessment. This will be done in about 2 months' time, focusing mainly on the impact of poster on their awareness of other value chain actors and whether there were any changes in the way they operate their business or interaction with other value chain actors.

During the festival, we had a chance to move around the different exhibitions by various companies esp input, service and technical providers, and to collect information on products and services available to the shrimp farmers in the eastern region. During the seminar itself, various speakers shared experiences and information related to better farm and business management practices, trends and markets, and the impact of the new ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on Thai shrimp industry.

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