Cost management guidelines for hydroponics vegetable of community enterprise group : Case study of cultivation with participative action of organic vegetable enterprise group at Yang Noeng Subdistrict, Saraphi District, Chiang Mai Province.

Abstract

This participatory action research aimed to examine the context and cost management of hydroponic vegetable enterprise group: Case study of cultivation with participative action of organic vegetable enterprise group at Yang Noeng Subdistrict, Saraphi District, Chiang Mai Province. Data were gathered by a workshop and group discussion from 11 growers of hydroponics. The descriptive statistics findings the cost of growing hydroponic vegetables is 73.76 baht per kg. According to guidelines for hydroponics vegetable cost management with participative action of enterprise group, The results were presented as follows. 1) Creating a network between hydroponics vegetable enterprise can be the source of buying high quality vegetable seeds at cheap prices. 2)There was a reduction in the cost of vegetable seeds from foreign varieties became a local vegetable, which is cheaper and has faster in the production cycle to keep up with market demand. 3)The labor cost of planting should be clearly and specify according to the rules and enterprise's resolution since the beginning of cultivation until harvesting and selling. 4) The use of organic fertilizers and bio-fertilizers in cultivation and reduce the use of chemicals in the planting process as a result decreasing in the cost of cultivation. And 5) The cost of production per kilogram has been decreased by increasing the volume of production.