SUFFiciENcy EcONOMy ANd GRASSROOtS DEvElOPMENt
SUFFiciENcy EcONOMy ANd GRASSROOtS DEvElOPMENt
SUFFiciENcy EcONOMy ANd GRASSROOtS DEvElOPMENt
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The Meaning of Sufficiency Economy <br />
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prevention patrol groups, community ecologists groups to saving groups to<br />
occupation groups of seedling, herbal medicine, wine maker group, bio-diesel group<br />
and others. <br />
According to rural Isaan community context, the sense of social trust is<br />
expressed in the way their houses are set up. People who live in the same village<br />
know each other. Most of the houses are elevated one floor houses with an open<br />
ground area. The area is used as the multi-purpose space. It can be interchangeably<br />
utilised as a dining area, living space, greeting area, meeting hall or even as a<br />
children’s play ground. The rough fences around village houses are for preventing<br />
animals, such as cattle and stray dogs, not people, to enter the area. It is a common<br />
tradition to talk to strangers entering the village. After knowing each other, it is also<br />
very common to call the strangers for a dinner. This trust issue can be observed<br />
through the Inpaeng training courses. The accommodation area in Inpaengcentre can<br />
host up to thirty trainees. However, if there are more trainees who are participated in<br />
a 3-day training program, they would spend their nights in villagers’ houses around<br />
the centre. It can be assumed by the evidence above that the level of people trust in<br />
the area of study is high.<br />
Many Inpaeng leaders gain trust from the members. Although some of the<br />
Inpaeng leaders are also public authorities such as village headmen or Tambon<br />
headmen, but a large number of them are not.<br />
This study found that concern with the young generations is an important<br />
issue. These concerns can be categorised into two groups. Firstly, it is a worry about<br />
reckless behaviours of youngsters living in the villages. The issues of drunk driving,<br />
motorcycle racing, drugs, sexual misbehavior and gangs fighting in the young<br />
generation were concerned by the older adults. When asked what factors contributed<br />
to the violence in the village, many of the participants referred to “those<br />
youngsters”. Concerned by this issue, the Inpaeng network has some constructive<br />
programs established for the younger generations to keep them from those risk<br />
behaviours.<br />
The “Dekhak Tin” (Thai: เด็กฮักถิ่น)or “kids love homeland” program was<br />
initiated by the Inpaeng network. The program trained the local adolescents to<br />
understand the interconnectedness between the trainees and their ecosystem. A<br />
project showing that everything is intertwined with everything was introduced. <br />
A program called “Inpaeng community ecologists training” aimed to draw the<br />
young adult generation back from working as cheap labour in big cities, to<br />
sustainable, self-reliance farming in their hometown.<br />
The research field note below describes Inpaeng community ecologists are as<br />
follows: