Assistant Professor Dr. Pharmacist Pimporn Thongmuang, Vice President of Samut Songkhram Campus Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University Lead the project team Ready to preside over the opening of a project to preserve and promote the cultivation of Bang Chang chilli among students and youth. To create awareness of the love of local plants in Samut Songkhram province. Under the Royal Initiative Plant Genetic Conservation Project Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (A.S.P.S.)

                                   The objective is to promote the conservation of Bang Chang chili peppers. which is considered a GI plant of Samut Songkhram Province It is also an awareness of the value of Bang Chang chilli which has almost become extinct from the area. Genetics must be preserved, collected and preserved. To maintain abundance for youth in schools in Samut Songkhram province. It is considered to be support for students. and the new generation of youth realized the importance and can apply the knowledge gained To disseminate and expand the results in the future. There was a report on the objectives of organizing the project by Professor Prangthong Nonthakarn, a lecturer in the Department of Health and Beauty Sciences. College of Allied Health Sciences Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

                                     In addition, he was honored by the president of the community enterprise. and local philosophers Become a lecturer giving theoretical lectures as follows:

                       - Mr. Siripoj Chaicharoen, Head of the Crop Protection Group Samut Songkhram Provincial Gate Office gave a lecture on “Diseases and insects in Bang Chang chili peppers. and disease prevention”

                       - Mr. Sompot Noo Khiao, Chairman of the Community Enterprise for Improving the Quality of Suan Luang Subdistrict Fruit Trees, gave a lecture on “Bang Chang Chili, a GI plant of Samut Songkhram Province” and on “The history of Bang Chang Chili and its conservation.”

                       - Mr. Thanachot Yusiri, village philosopher of Suan Luang Subdistrict, gave a lecture on “Planting and maintaining the Bang Chang chili variety”

                                 In addition to theoretical lectures In the morning In the afternoon there are also activities. Lecture on the study of demonstration plots for planting Bang Chang chilli and delivering Bang Chang chilli varieties at the Suan Sunandha Thai Medicinal Plant Learning and Conservation Center by Assistant Professor. Dr. Pharmacist Pimporn Thongmuang, Vice President of Samut Songkhram Campus Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University as well

                               The participants in the said project are administrators, teachers, and the general public. Within Samut Songkhram Province Held on July 17, 2024 at Classroom 4201, 2nd floor, Phadungchiva Building. (College of Nursing and Health Building) and at the Bang Chang Chili Planting Demonstration Plot. Suan Sunandha Thai Medicinal Plant Learning and Conservation Center Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University Samut Songkhram Campus

                                                                                   News written and news photos by Mr. Jirayus Poolsawat