The Potential in Supplying Herbs of Tapapao Community Forest Thapladuk Sub-district, Mae Tha District, Lamphun Province

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Nathapon Charadratanawong
Pasuta Sunthornhao
Wuthiphol Hoamuangkaew

Abstract

            Objectives of the research were to determine species diversity, production, and value of medicinal plants, as well as marketing channel of medicinal plant products which was operated by the villagers of Tapapao village. Participatory action research technique was employed as the research methodology. In addition, the indepth interview with key informant group who are the local medicinal plant expertists coupled with the community forest inventory by permanent sample plot establishment are the employed principle tools. The obtained data was analyzed and presented the results in statistical value of percent, mean, maximum, minimum, as well as diversity index, production, utilization and marketing channel of the medicinal plant products


            Results of the study indicated that the total species of medicinal plants was 68, they were classified, by life form to be tree, climber, herb, shrub and fern of 37, 11, 14, 5 and 1 species respectively. The species diversity index was 4.60. Moreover, the annual dried medicinal plant production of Tapapao village was 252.81 Kgs. Based on the evaluation of the potential of medicinal plant production of Tapapao village by comparison between the quantity of production or supply demand, this indicated that supply was over than demand in amount of 306,211.30 Kgs. Hence, this could be proved that the potential of medicinal plant production of the community was at a high level. Furthermore, based on the determination of the marketing channel of the medicinal plant products showed that the medicinal plant products was distributed to over all regions of the country, and some products was exported to the foreign countries, this will cause the local medicinal plant physicians having an average annual net revenue of  28,000 Baht per capita. In addition, the total value of the medicinal plants of this community was high enough, it was 68,155,191.20 Baht.


 


Keywords: Potential, Production, Medicinal plant, Ban Tapapao Community Forest

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Charadratanawong, N., Sunthornhao, P., & Hoamuangkaew, W. (2022). The Potential in Supplying Herbs of Tapapao Community Forest Thapladuk Sub-district, Mae Tha District, Lamphun Province. Thai Journal of Forestry, 32(Supplementrary), 173–182. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjf/article/view/255496
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