Study name: Community empowerment for consumption and sustainable food safety
Project investigator:
Tanyaporn Kerdnoi, PhD
Project co-investigators:
Tippawan prapamontol, PhD
Surat Hongsibsong, PhD
Study sites:
1. Prao District, Chiang Mai Province: Subdistrict Administrative Organization of Long Khod, Long Khod Health Promoting Hospital and Baan Long Khod School
2. Mae Cham District, Chiang Mai Province: Subdistrict Administrative Organization of Mae Na Jorn
3. Om Koi District, Chiang Mai Province: Subdistrict Administrative Organization of Om Koi ang Yang Pao School
4. Muang District, Lumphun Province: Municipality of Sri Bua Ban, Community of Chiang Mai University Hariphunchai Education Center
Sponsoring Agency: Chiang Mai University budgeting 2015
Study design: Training in producing safe food for community
Study objectives:
1. To raise awareness of impact on food chain from pesticide use
2. To increase knowledge, understanding and awareness among all parts in community by assessing the pesticide exposure in human and monitoring pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables
3. To establish concretely sustainable production and distribution sources of safe food
4. To establish the network both inside and outside the community which can support production and consumption of safe food in community and school.
Study subjects: Four hundred subjects from 4 sites (100 subjects from each site)
Project begins: October 2014
Project finishes: September 2015
