Yellow hemp field becomes Sukhothai's new attraction
At sunset the vast field of golden plants against with the mountains of Sukhothai in back became an unexpected tourist attraction.
At sunset the vast field of golden plants against with the mountains of Sukhothai in back became an unexpected tourist attraction.
TOURISM & AGRICULTURE
Yellow hemp field becomes Sukhothai's new attraction
1/02/2017
Online Reporters
A 1,200-rai field of blossoming yellow Indian hemp has become the latest magnet for tourists in historical Sukhothai province.
The yellow hemp is being grown by farmers seeking to replace second- crop rice cultivation.
Yellow Indian hemp is known in Thai as por thuang.
LOCAL FARMERS PARTICIPATING IN CROP SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM
The field of Indian hemp so popular with tourists lies in Ban Mon Khiri village in tambon Muang Kao of Muang district.
Local farmers there participated in the government's plan to reduce second- crop rice cultivation in the Chao Phraya river basin.
BECAME SCENIC EVENING TOURIST ATTRACTION
The farmers chose to grow Indian hemp instead of rice.
Since the yellow hemp is so beautiful, drivers stopped to get a better look and take some photos and selfies.
Now the vast field of golden bean-family plants seen against the mountainous backdrop during sunset have become a new tourist attraction.
YELLOW HEMP: FERTILISER & SEEDS ALSO
Land development officials encouraged the cultivation of Indian hemp, which is used to make fertiliser for rice fields.
Farmers could also sell the seeds for extra income, said assistant village headman Mongkolchai Ruangjaem.
Suchart Rianthong, Sukhothai land development director, said farmers could bury Indian hemp plants in the ground to make a natural fertiliser for their future rice cultivation.
Besides, they could sell hemp seeds at 20 baht per kilogramme to the local land development office and receive a 500-baht subsidy per rai from the government.
Indian hemp cultivation would expand from 1,200 rai in Ban Mon Khiri to 8,600 rai throughout Sukhothai province within this year, he said.
The yellow Indian hemp field is about seven kilometres from the Sukhothai Historical Park.
Motorists can follow direction signs from the park via Chetuphon and Soke Ped villages.
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