Common-Pool Resources Model to Develop as a Community Learning Center of Ban Kongprasai, Pakam Sub District, Pakam District, Buriram Province

Abstract

The current research had the following purposes: 1) to study knowledge of joint resource management of Ban Kongprasai, Pakam Sub District, Pakam District, Buriram Province, and 2) search for a form of Common-Pool Resources model to develop as a learning center of Ban Kongprasai, Pakam Sub District, Pakam District, Buriram Province. The data was collected through In-depth interview, group discussion, survey walking, and participatory observation. The resulted of the study revealed that the knowledge of joint resource management of Ban Kongprasai were the followings. 1)  The body of knowledge within the community was the community leader, mixed agricultural wisdom, unity, training, study visit, etc. 2) External knowledge was the government policy, support from government agencies, trend of promoting sufficiency economy philosophy, etc. Ban Kongprasai community is one of the communities that have jointly developed a public area of 15 rai as a shared resource to become a community learning resource such as water management, integrated farming, Bio-organic fertilizer, and planting vetiver grass, etc. At present, the community has been registered as a community enterprise in Pakam Sub District Farmer Group. It is one of the communities that has employed the power of learning until resulting in a concrete change.