THE SPATIAL POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DEVELOPING SOURCES FOR LOCAL PRODUCT SELLING PLACES CASE STUDY : YAN YAO SUB-DISTRICT, SAM CHUK DISTRICT, SUPHAN BURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the potentials of the community in developing sources for local product selling places 2) to study the factors related to the source development for the local product selling places, which is a qualitative research. The case study was in Yan Yao Sub-district, Sam Chuk District, Suphan Buri Province. Data were collected by participatory observations, interviews and group discussions. The sample group provided the main information choose from the men who promote the community economy and group of producer, the president of Occupation Groups, village headmen, village committee and community leaders. The instruments employed for the data collection consisted of structured interviews and semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed by content analysis to create conclusions by issues.

The results showed that Yan Yao Sub-district is characterized by physical costs such as the abundance of local resources, the places around community are potentially ready to be developed as sources of local product distribution, the raw materials costs from community products throughout the year. In addition, the local products from local wisdom capitals are registered by district authorities, village headmen have potential to promote the movement of local economy. There are important factors that can drive the development of local product selling centers along with the community contexts: 1) the local development strategies 2) the perspectives and actions of the community leaders 3) the operations and needs for occupational development 4) the development of local products selling places and 5) the participation of the community and local authorities. The process of driving the community economy includes the important elements as the followings: knowledge, cooperation and potentials from the community, the funding sources for production and product development and the promotive public policies to create the stable and sustainable local occupations.