Status of field work

During the latter part of Dec 2011, SEAT Thai team continued with the in-depth surveys among farmers for WPs 6&7 as priority for the chemical use surveys, as well as WP5 livelihood surveys if the same respondents were selected. The team continued the surveys among shrimp farmers in Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao and Surat Thani, and tilapia farmers in Chachoengsao until the end of 2011.

In January 2012, survey work for WPs 6&7 has resumed in Nakhon Pathom and Chachoengsao among tilapia farmers. These areas were affected by the flooding in Thailand last year so the survey schedule was moved to January. The livelihood survey will be conducted if the farms have also been selected for WP5.

Remaining field work which needs to be done include the following:

• WP3 – Life Cycle Assessment of hatcheries, farms, processing plants, feedmills
• WP4 – Water, sediment and feed sample collection from farms
• WP5 – Livelihood survey of farms
• WP6 – FZT and probiotics (in tilapia)
• WP8 – Stakeholder workshops

The deliverable protocol for action research (WP9) is currently being discussed and commented. Mr Douglas Waley, WP9 Manager based at KU is coordinating this work among local partners.