Author: Narinpat Lakapunrat
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Diss. no.RD-17-02
Year: 2017
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (Ph. D.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2017
Examination Committee: Gopal B. Thapa (Chairperson); Soparth Pongquan, Avishek Datta (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Thailand has pursued a strategy for biofuel-crop promotion to meet the ever increasing demand for energy and to mitigate climate change. As a result, the area under biofuel-crops had gradually increased. This research was carried out in Northeast Thailand to analyze the effect of different policy instruments adopted by the government, and socioeconomic, institutional and biophysical factors on expansion of particular sugarcane at both regional and farm household levels. Amid growing concern about the effect of shift from traditional food crop to biofuel-crop cultivation, it also examined the effect of the shift from rice to sugarcane cultivation on farmers ‘ current food security and future risks. Information were collected in Sri Boon Reuang district of Nong Bua Lamphu province during January to March 2015 from mainly through a structured questionnaire survey of 230 farm households, key informants interview, and focus-group discussions. Information on food consumption and expenditures were collected follow ing the immediate past 7-day consumption memory recall method. Secondary information on government biofuel promotion policy instruments and change in land use in Northeast Thailand were collected from various sources including policy papers. Collected information was analyzed through qualitative and quantitative techniques including the analysis of variance, stepwise linear regression and logistic regression. Farmers’ food security was analyzed using the energy intake method. The results of the analysis revealed an increase of 52% in sugarcane area in Northeast Tha iland during the study period, with significant variation between provinces. Such expansion was attributed to primarily effective implementation of a comprehensive policy package encouraging ethanol, sugar and sugarcane production. The inter-provi ncial variation was attrib uted to several factors including soil suitability, access to sugar factory and alternative cash crop. Regarding the farm household level change, farmers in the study area had c
Scholarship Donor(s): Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC), Thailand; AIT Fellowship
Note: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Regional and Rural Development Planning
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