Abstract:
The research entitled honest livelihood and activities development of
buddhist agriculture village in nan province aims 1) to study the aspects and activities
of the careers leaning on nature and environment of Buddhist agricultural village in
Nan province; 2) to develop the activities and honest livelihood of the village; and
3) to analyze the relationship between the careers and the management on natural
resource and environment of the village.
This is the qualitative research collecting data from research documents,
interviewing and doing focus groups. The research samples are 40 agriculturists
divided into 10 people from Donsak village of Phuphieng district of Nan province, 10
people from Pongkhum village of Dupong sub-district of Suntisuk district of Nan
province, 10 people from Fa village of Banluang district of Nan province, and 10
people from Silapet village of Silapet sub-district of Pua district of Nan province.
The research found that the agricultural activities can be divided into
4 aspects as following: 1) The traditional agriculture emphasizing on leaning on
the natural resource in the village; 2) The new integrated agriculture according to
the sufficient economy philosophy, which the agriculturists managed every activity
by themselves in order to increase incomes and reduce outcomes; 3) The wellness
tourism agriculture attracting the health care tourists which its products are qualified
and safe; 4) The agriculture for trade producing a small number of qualified products.
The last one is responded to markets. For the honest livelihood, the agriculturists
give priority to the sufficient economy philosophy by activating the development
on methods of problem management, collaboration, study trip, experiment, follow-up,
and progress. All products are eco-friendly, appended to the governmental
promotion and derived from the village's capital. These are the selling point making
more income of the agriculturists.
Keywords: Activity Development, Honest Livelihood, Buddhist Agricultural Village in
Nan Province