Community enterprise · Songkhla Lagoon Watershed
Wang Pha Rubber Farmer Community Enterprise
A community enterprise of rubber agroforesters.
Wang Pha is a community enterprise of rubber agroforesters in the Songkhla Lagoon Watershed of southern Thailand, part of the Wanakaset Symbiosis Network. Its members grow rubber the Wanakaset way — inside a diverse, multi-species agroforest rather than a monoculture — so the same land yields many harvests while rebuilding soil, water, and biodiversity.
- Type
- Community enterprise
- System
- Wanakaset agroforestry
- Watershed
- Songkhla Lagoon Watershed
- Network
- Wanakaset Symbiosis Network
Approximate location in the Songkhla Lagoon Watershed — the exact site is confirmed with the community, and farm-plot data is never shown publicly.
Origin story
Full origin story in development with the community.
Farmer profile
Prakong Lopakul transformed a monoculture rubber plantation into an integrated Wanakaset agroforest — weaving stingless-bee and honeybee keeping through the trees to build a steadier, more sustainable income. What began as a small supplementary sideline has made him a teacher: farmers and groups now travel to his farm to learn from his expertise.