rai
- noun
- Specialized
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rai
- Sorting categorical data and performing cross-tabulation analysis revealed that land ownership status (whether one owned, rented, or owned and rented land) and land holdings size (ranging from four to over 100 rai) demonstrated associations with types of labor diversification and migration.
Examples
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This system yields from 500 to 1,000 kg/rai (3,100-6,300 kg/ha) per year.
Academic text (1990) -
This simple system gave an annual shrimp yield of about 40 kg per rai (6.25 rais equal 1 ha).
Academic text (1990) -
Back then, I paid 60,000 baht ($1,700) per rai for a loom.
Academic text (2017) -
For example, landed households with plots greater than 40 rai were more likely to invest remittances in agricultural improvements; smaller landholders demonstrated a lower propensity to invest diversified remunerations into agricultural improvements.
Academic text (2017) -
In Thailand, a rice farmer typically cultivates around 10 rai of land each season.
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The property measures 2 rai, which is about 3,200 square meters.
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With an area of 5 rai, the garden provides ample space for various plants.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rai for the Thai land measure comes from the Thai word rai, which meant a 'small rice field' or 'farm plot'. That's why a rai is used to measure an area of land and equals 1,600 square meters.
