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The Buffalo Knows provides an interesting read in the Learning Post section of the Bangkok Post (June 15, 2010) highlighting the importance of traditional farming skills and how the buffalo can play an important part in farming and the rural economy in Thailand. Kasornkasivit School (โรงเรียนกาสรกสิวิทย์) is praised for its work in teaching skills deemed essential for the training and use of buffalo in field cultivation, including the use of the plough, harrow, and other farm tools.

The Chaipattana Foundation established the Kasornkasivit School Project (The Water Buffalo Agricultural School) and if you are interested in learning more about the school then you might wish to visit the Chaipattana Foundation website or check out the video (Thai language only) posted below.

The article concludes with the following note:

“Kasornkasivit School is open daily to the general public. Visitors can practise ploughing with buffaloes, learn how to harvest rice during harvesting season, learn about biogas production and traditional paddy field farming methods. Overnight accommodations are in traditional mud housing. The school is off Highway 33, about 7km before you reach Sa Kaeo's provincial city.”

It would certainly make an interesting day for anyone adventurous enough to go!