What? 

This team originally sought to address the issue of post-harvest rice drying, but quickly discovered that the more immediate concern involved weeding during the rice growing period, and moved to co-create a hardware solution.

Farmers often have other side jobs to supplement their agricultural livelihoods, including construction and silk weaving.

Prototype: double-bladed weeder that can be built in less than 6 hours, weighs less than 5kg, takes less than 3 steps to utilize, and costs less than 500 Thai Baht.

Who?

Local farmers and Raigon Organics Farm working together with Hasib Nadeem, Prashant Neopane, Chavakorn Srisopha, & Paing Hein Htet, and guided by Pattamaphon Dumnui and Hazwan Razak.

Most farmers, alongside most people in Northeast Thailand, speak the Isaan dialect of Lao as their native language.

Non-organic farmers are willing to switch to organic farming if there are non-chemical inputs able to remove weeds.