The implementation of the activities of the Khao Hin Sorn Royal Development Study Centre
is jointly responsible by officials from many different agencies such as the Royal
Irrigation Department, the Royal Forest Department, the Department of Fisheries,
the Department of Livestock Development, the Land Development Department,
the Department of Agriculture and etc. The important activities include
rehabilitation of forest; improvement of water sources by constructing a
total of nine reservoirs according to His Majesty’s initiatives; rehabilitation
and conservation of soil by conducting the surveys of land use, laying the soil and
water conservation system to prevent erosion of topsoil, setting up the soil and water conservation
system by means of earth embankments and vetiver grass hedgerows, promoting the making of
compost, organic fertilizer and green manure, as well as providing the
knowledge on soil development by organizing training for the farmers
living in the surrounding villages; and introduction of the principle for
land management according to the concept of the New Theory in order to
educate the farmers about integrated farming which could yield sufficient
income for all year round.