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The Royal Project of Thailand

In the late1960's, the mountainous area in upper north of Thailand was engaged in poverty, deforestation and opium production. The hill-tribe people lived in terrible poverty. Traditionally, the hill tribe practiced a so-called slash-and-burn cultivation, a farming system on sloping land where trees were cut down and burned. Then the land, fertiltzed by the ash from the burned trees, could be farmed. One of the crops produced by 'slash-and-burn' agriculture was opium poppy, which was the source of heroin. By 1970, the hill tribe people in northern Thailand were claimed to produce more than 200 tonnes of opium per year. The problem was solved in 1969, when His MaJesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej found out an opium-growing hill tribe village called Doi Pui, only one hour walk from the King's Palace near the central city of Chiang Mai. His Majesty realized that there was an opportunity to change the course of Thailand's history. He found out that the opium farmers were also growing a kind of local peach variety that earned them more income than the opium poppy. This was possible because peach was a temperate fruit that could not be grow in the lowlands. If farmers grew improved varieties, they would get a better price when sold in the lowlands. His Majesty also learnt that the opium farmers got very little profits from opium and heroin business. Middle men including traffickers and wholesalers captured most of the profits. The discovery of the beach trees at Doi Pui village brought about the concept of the Royal Project. The Royal Project has supported more than 172,309 people of 37,561 families, 297 villages living in the highlands through its 38 Development Centres located in 5 provinces of northern Thailand; Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, Pra Yao and Lamphun. "HELP THE HILL TRIBE HELP THE THAI, HELP THE WORLD"