Quite a few villages in Northern Thailand and Isan have had the support of the Royal Projects to get out of poverty, make a better living and to replace the opium and drugs trade by training the countrymen and farmers to palliative crops.
ex: Planting local or foreign fruit-trees, grapes, strawberries, trained to use less pesticides, trades like hand-craft, woven clothes and colorful bags, traditional tribal silver-ware, cross-bows, and much more..
The involvement of these Royal Projects have lasted for decades and are now carried on by the King's heir, family and regency..

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