Abstract      

In this project, we investigated the adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) among Thai mango farmers. We sought to learn the challenges they are facing and their compliance with the GAP regulations.We collaborated with The Thai Agricultural Innovation Trade Association (TAITA) to encourage Thai farmers to implement GAP certification and to come up with strategies for increasing the adoption rate among Thai farmers. Our research methods included archival research, surveys and semi-structured interviews with the President of Thai Mango Association, Thai mango farmers, mango vendors at Simummuang Market, and consumers. We found that many Thai farmers struggle with the GAP regulations, especially the eighth regulation focusing on data collection. We also found GAP certification is not highly prioritized in the domestic market due to the lack of financial incentives for farmers and lack of Thai consumer awareness. Additionally, Thai mango farmers have limited export markets resulting in declining sales and lower income. Our recommendations are a data collection tracker to solve data collection problems where most of the Thai farmers rely on memory rather than taking note and point deduction system to ensure that Thai farmers will obey the GAP standards efficiently. Another recommendation is raising consumer awareness on the importance of GAP and how it benefits them through the campaign and expanding into new markets. This ensures Thai farmers have an opportunity for exporting Thai GAP products. Lastly, we come up with the detection of fake chemicals making sure that the chemicals we used are authentic