Group process management for agricultural land use

Abstract

Increase community population and increase demand for public land around community water resources for agricultural use need a systematic management process. But in real situation such the process is not common. However, in Nongsang village, Banphue sub-district, Nong Ruea district, Khon Kaen province the process has been implemented and supported for the pesticide-free vegetable group by an external organization. The question was how in this community the group has been successfully and continuously managed. Therefore the objective of this study was to understand the management process that enables the pesticide-free vegetable group to use the Nongsang public pond continuously. Semi-structured was conducted at individual and group levels to gain qualitative data and information. The resulted indicated that delete, Nongsang learning center was established by the government institute. The institute initiated the group process, created learning process on group management through social platforms and knowledge exchanges on pesticide-free vegetable growing. The group management process was simple and the group could generate their own a management plan and regulations. Interaction between group members and the community were based on community kinship. Even though the supporting institute had terminated its own function, the group could sustainably continue their own activities with regular meeting. This group management process could be used as an extension model in other similar areas.