One of major missions of Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakorn is to promote studentscreation of research invention and innovation in order to add values to production sector and national academic service. The Promotion of Inventions and Innovations by Young Generation Project has been since 2008 initiated to provide necessary support development of undergraduate students works. The project aims to promote and improve students invention and innovation as well as to encourage national publication. This project has enhanced students professional expertise which would develop into Hands-on graduates. Results of the project were presented at national level and severaltools devices and products had been produced and evidently utilized to improve production process of communities and industrial sector. The 1st Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon Innovation and Technology Exhibition is another activity that has presented results of the project to public. The activities included an exhibition of students innovations ana technology a forum on Hands-on graduate development and a contest of students works. This initiation clearly corresponds with the mission to promote students creation of innovation in oder to produce hands-on graduates who have curiosity persistence technological expertise and morality in accordance with the university identity.

The aim of this research was to study the adoption of agricultural innovation and technology in Yonglae a village community. The study was based on qualitative research including documentary study. Field data were collected by non-participant observation informal focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with the key informants purposive sample using snow ball technique. The study was conducted in the Yonglae community Amphor Omkoy Chiangmai Province. Data were analyzed and synthesized by content analysis and inductive analysis. Results of the research showed that the Yonglae village was an agricultural community cultivating rice. There were agricultural innovations and technologies; PVC-pipes fertilizer tractors bio-organic fermented liquid and etc.; in the community. The PVC-pipe and tractor directly concerned with rice cultivation were perfectly utilized. To conform with both the sociocultural and economic community the PVC-pipe was used to replace a bamboo-pipe leading from a water wheel to irrigate the wet rice field. Plowing the paddy the tractor was used to replace an animal; however; it was not in the line with these community contexts.