BANGKOK – The Royal Initiative Discovery Foundation has announced that 42 royal projects will be launched in 10 provinces nationwide.
According to the Secretary General of the Royal Initiative Discovery Foundation, Mom Rajawongse Disnadda Diskul, the foundation on February 27th this year signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a number of government agencies, identified as the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment. Under the agreement, 42 projects introduced by His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej will be undertaken in 10 provinces across the country. 38 projects are related to water management and the remaining four projects are related to sustainable farming.
Mom Rajawongse Disnadda said the 42 projects will cost up to 21 million baht, adding that the late King’s sufficiency economy principles will be incorporated into all ventures.
The secretary general added that the foundation will host the “Kwarm Dee Market” in various communities. The market serves as a business matching platform for crop producers to form partnerships with local entrepreneurs.