The Analysis of Population Behavior and Adoption of Main and Minor Occupational Promotion in the Mae Our Watershed Area Development Royal Initiated Project, Lumpoon Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the occupational behavior of people in the Mae Our Watershed Area Development, Royal Initiated Project, Lumpoon Province, and to identify the index for project evaluation. The sample size of 444 were selected by multi stage sampling technique from the total of 3,017 households. The findings indicated that the main occupation was agriculture while the minor occupation was hired labour. 16.7 percent of the population never get to know about environmental conservation, however most of them practiced conservation agriculture. The index for project evaluation included the water quantity stored in the reservior, the number of farmers and the migration of the labour.