NTFPs on Nakai Plate.. - TABI

In the same exercise, we used to ask villagers to also rank their main expenditures, so as to
get an overall picture of the family economy. The results are shown in table 4. Buying rice
(18%), other food (14%), clothes (13%) and medicines (12%) are considered as the main
family expenditures.
Table 3: Ranking of main cash income sources in 5 villages on the Nakai Plateau,
March 1997.
No Income source KhoneKen Kaoy Nakai N. Sophen Thalang TOTAL
1 Livestock sales 24 % 15 % 17 % 12 % 11 % 16 %
2 Kisi resin 10 % 16 % 11 % 18 % 15 % 14 %
3 Fish sales 12 % 8 % 12 % 10 % 19 % 12 %
4 Cardamom 12 % 16 % 7 % 10 % 8 % 11 %
5 Wildlife sales 11 % 8 % 6 % 11 % 12 % 10 %
6 Bong bark 10 % 6 % 7 % 9 % 8 % 8 %
7 Rattan shoots 6 % 7 % 4 % 6 % 9 % 6 %
8 Rattan canes 7 % 3 % 3 % 11 % 1 % 5 %
9 Bamboo shoots 3 % 6 % 8 % 4 % 4 %
10 Agr. crops 5 % 4 % 6 % 3 %
12 Eaglewood 12 % 2 %
12 Labour wages 3 % 3 % 4 % 2 %
13 Vegetables 7 % 2 %
14 Bai kho 5 % 1 %
15 Mak khen 4 % 1 %
16 Shop sales 4 % 1 %
17 Mushrooms 3 % 1 % 1 %
18 Mak phep 3 % 1 %
19 Handicrafts 2 % 0 %
20 Hak tin houng 2 % 0 %
21 Galangal (kha) 2 % 0 %
22 Kheua hem 1 % 0 %
Total NTFP’s 73 % 82 % 61 % 84 % 83 % 76 %
Livestock 24 % 15 % 17 % 12 % 11 % 16 %
Others 3 % 3 % 22 % 4 % 6 % 8 %
Table 4:
Villagers’ ranking of family expenditures, 5 villages on the Nakai plateau,
March 1997.
No Expenditure KhoneKen Kaoy Nakai N. Sophen Thalang TOTAL
1 Buying rice 18 % 23 % 14 % 20 % 15 % 18 %
2 Other food 16 % 16 % 17 % 9 % 14 % 14 %
3 Clothes 15 % 16 % 12 % 12 % 10 % 13 %
4 Medicines 12 % 14 % 13 % 7 % 13 % 12 %
5 Kitchen utensils 11 % 5 % 4 % 7 % 6 % 7 %
6 Agric. tools 10 % 10 % 7 % 7 % 5 % 8 %
7 House building 5 % 9 % 4 % 4 %
8 Drinking,
5 % 9 % 8 % 9 % 7 % 8 %
smoking
9 Fishing/hunting 4 % 5 % 9 % 9 % 6 %
tools
10 Buying fish 4 % 1 %
11 Buying cattle 3 % 1 %
12 Ceremonies 7 % 4 % 4 % 3 % 4 %
13 Jewelry 7 % 7 % 3 %
14 Transportation 7 % 7 % 7 % 4 %