Author: Phakamon Srikamta
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-13-15
Year: 2013
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M. Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2013
Examination Committee: Mokbul Morshed Ahmad (Chairperson); Gopal B. Thapa, Soparth Pongquan (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This research involved the adaptation strategies of farmer in rice production in the frequently flooded areas of rural Thailand: a case study of the Khon Khean Province. The thesis also assesses in social, economic and environmental benefits of rice production adaptation strategies. The main objective of this study was to study the effect of food on rice production and then to examine adaptation strategies in rice production system applied during flood and to study the change in rice production systemand its effect on farmer’s socioeconomic and environmental conditions. The farmer adaptationin this research included 92rural farmer householdsin Moung -Pia sub -district , Ban -Pai district , Khon Khean Province.A standardized questionnaire collectsdata as a prime tool and was supplemented by interviews and a group discussion. Theresearch was mainly focused on a quantitative analysis but with support of qualitative analysis. The main findingof this research showed the main pattern of adaptation at farm level. There is an individual and direct adaptation in rice production. The flood is the stimuli of adaptation in rice seeds because the farmer concerns about the shot takeof the food security problem. The strategy adaptation begins with the change is rice seeds wasleadto changesin crop calendar. Moreover, farmer can adapt farm management whichfactor of production. They are decreasing the cost of production. Findingthe new areas which support a cultivationin dry season.The farmer also findsknowledge for support adaptation.Moreover, the farmernot only cultivate only one crop but also they have an alternate occupation fordiversification which alternate way for improving more incomein a flood area. The socioeconomic affectedby adaptation in rice production lead tothe increasing rice cultivation for purchasebecause the maximum of production more than consumption and increasing time for cultiva
Scholarship Donor(s): International Fellowships Program Ford Foundation, USA; AIT Fellowship
Note: Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning
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