The Coordinating Center for the Plant Genetic Conservation Project under the Royal Initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn organized a hands-on training program titled “Local Resource-Based Training on Aquaculture” for batch 1/2023. The course, held from January 17-20, 2023, at the Sroi Suwanna Hall, Building 10, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University,
aimed to impart knowledge and understanding on local resource conservation. It provided policy direction and goals to 80 participants from local administrative organizations in Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, and Mukdahan provinces. The aquaculture training session included hands-on activities in frog farming in net pens, gender-changing techniques in Nile tilapia, floating pellet feed production, and integrated aquaponics systems. Participants were also introduced to collaboration strategies for building and sharing local knowledge. Leading the session were aquaculture science instructors from the university, including Ms. Oranong Khandech, Asst. Prof. Songsap