Suitable Area for Nipa palm
The final analysis for Nipa palm land suitability excluded the seashore, river, and a 20-m river buffer. As shown in table 6, 18.9 sq.km or 11,816.2 rai (or 41.9% of total area) are found to be highly suitable. This implies that if all area considered as highly suitable will be planted with Nipa palm, then sugar production which is the main Nipa palm products in the area will increase the estimated present production (15,000 kg/day) up to four times.
This table (Table 6) also suggests that there is a need of around 4000 Nipa palm farmers (which is roughly equal to 75% of the total population in the area) considering that at present there are approximately 1000 Nipa palm farmers in the area.