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โครงการหนังสืออิเล็กทรอนิกส์ด้านการเกษตร เฉลิมพระเกียรติพระบาทสมเด็จพระเจ้าอยู่หัว

Abstract

The objectives were 1) to investigate socio-economic of farmers and assess status of
agro-forestry adaptation as well as to assess opportunities and obstacles to adapt agro-forestry
practice, 2) to assess plant biodiversity in agro-forestry plots practiced by smallholders and
analyze perennial plant biodiversity index and 3) to analyze management value chain of agro-
forestry system for enhancing biodiversity at local level. Researcher employed and combined
quantitative and qualitative research techniques into this study. Collected data was analyzed
using descriptive statistic together with plant density and diversity index analysis as well as
content analysis.

The study revealed that in the community land allocation project site there were 59
households (5.6% of total population), who practiced agro-forestry systems. There were 76
plots and total land area was 264.2 rai, where average size of agro-forestry plot was 4.13 rai.
The factors influencing agro-forestry adaptation by farmers were 1) supporting policies
2) interests and confidence of farmers, 3) financial situation, 4) supporting infrastructures of
agro-forestry development and 5) market channel and transportation of agro-forestry products
to consumers. The assessment of plant biodiversity in agro-forestry system, it found that
totally there were 145 perennial plant species. These included 98 trees species, 27 orchard
tree species, 7 species of bamboo, 7 species of palm and rattan and 6 species of shrub.
Biodiversity index of perennial tree species was 2.99. Moreover, there were 100 crop species
in agro-forestry system. Regarding management value chain of agro-forestry practices, the
study found that there were 6 components in the production processes of agro-forestry
system. These included 1) land owner and organic farming group, 2) farming land and tenure
system, 3) pattern and agro-forestry component arrangement, 4) agro-forestry produces and
utilization, 5) market channels and 6) supporting institutional arrangements.

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