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4.3 Access to services and infrastructures Farmers receive public health services, education,

knowledge promotion from the government, employment outside agricultural areas and building
marketing opportunities at the medium level for support in terms of energy, transportation, utilities

and sources of investment funds for loans at the low level.

4.4 Impact

4.4.1 Economic and social impact

Farmers have areas for producing quality plants, increased plants used for feeding livestock
and for supporting utilities with good water such as quality drinking water, quality water for

livestock and irrigated water with qualities for cultivation. The main income of farmers comes
from products from their own plots. Some incomes come from other sources such as being

employed and doing business etc.

4.4.2 Social and cultural impact

Farmers have good health and self-reliance food security. Social conditions of the

community and culture have stability. Using areas with saline soil sustainably can be transferred.
There is unity in the community. There is help for people in the community to reduce social

inequality.

4.4.3 Ecological impact

Using the technology of planting Dixie grass to restore highly saline soil revealed that the

ground has more plants which can grow to cover the ground. As a result, there are diversities of
numerous types of plants and animals. Water has better qualities, decreasing soil salinity and

increasing more fertility.

4.4.4 Impact outside the operation area

There are few changes in the environment of the outer area of the project: Pollution of

usable water in the water source has been reduced. Seasonal flooding is normal, causing a few
damages to the cultivation area and infrastructures of the community.

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