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 Researcherดร. อรนัดดา ชิณศรี, ผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์ที่ทำงาน:ภาควิชาสังคมวิทยาและมานุษยวิทยา คณะสังคมศาสตร์ สาขาที่สนใจ:ผู้หญิงกับการเกษตร , การส่งเสริมการเกษตรและการพัฒนาชนบท , การมีส่วนร่วมในการพัฒนาของผู้หญิงเกษตร, การผลิตเอกสารเผยแพร่และจัดรายการวิทยุ Resume |
 หัวเรื่อง:ไม่มีชื่อไทย (ชื่ออังกฤษ : Toward Sustainable Development in Agriculture:
A Reflection on the Learning Experiences of NGOs
in Thailand) ผู้เขียน: Wandee Suthinarakorn,  ดร.ผ่องพรรณ ตรัยมงคลกูล, รองศาสตราจารย์ สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์:pdf AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to describe research into the experiences of Thai NGOs, in their work
toward sustainable agriculture of small-holder farmers. The research objectives were: 1) to study the working
philosophy of Thai NGOs, and their applications for sustainable development in agriculture; and 2) to
synthesize the learning experiences of Thai NGOs, and the implications for policy on sustainable development
in agriculture.
The study was approached by qualitative research, supplemented partly with quantitative method. Data
were collected by: 1) documentary analysis; 2) field data collection with in-depth interviews, focus-group
interviews, and case studies; and 3) opinion survey with questionnaires. The respondents were: 1) 87 Thai
NGOs from the north, northeast, south and central parts of Thailand, 2) 32 farmer-leaders, and 3) 146 extension
government officials. Qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis; quantitative data with basic
descriptive statistics. A procedure of member check was used to validate the findings.
The findings are summarized as follows:
1. The working philosophy underlying efforts towards sustainable development in agriculture of the
Thai NGOs are rooted in the concept of community culture. The emphasis is on community empowerment,
building on local wisdom, and mobilized by community involvement. The goal is to shift the development
paradigm from the traditional to an alternative.
2. During the early stage, work aiming at sustainable agriculture of the Thai NGOs focused on
sustainable farming, in an effort to shift from mainstream agriculture to sustainable agriculture of small-holder
farmers. Later, their activities had extended to alternative marketing to ensure continuity and economic
sustainability of agricultural production. Along the way, active movements to secure supportive policies from
the government were undertaken.
3. Internal and external factors limiting the success of Thai NGOs were identified. Internal factors
were: 1) technical weakness of NGOs field workers, 2) lack of research-base and reflective accounts, 3) weak
points in organizational structure of NGOs. External factors were: 1) unstable sources of funding, 2) lack
of cooperative working channel with the government sector, and 3) lack of strong support from the middleclass
sector.
Reflecting on the learning experiences of Thai NGOs, the researchers proposed a network of activities
linking NGOs, major educational institution in agriculture, and Ministry of Agriculture, for mutual efforts
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 Researcherดร. วิษณุ อรรถวานิช, รองศาสตราจารย์ที่ทำงาน:ภาควิชาเศรษฐศาสตร์ คณะเศรษฐศาสตร์ สาขาที่สนใจ:Climate Change, Land Use, Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Applied Econometrics, Applied Optimization, Price Analysis, Program and Policy Evaluation Resume |